A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Russia’s southern Kuril Islands

Elena Semenova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk station, announced: The Russian Seismological Survey reported that an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale was recorded, hitting the coast of the southern Russian Kuril Islands.

Semyonova explained According to what was reported by the" Russia Today " An earthquake measuring 6.3, with an epicenter in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, occurred 28 kilometers west of the Kuril Island in Simoshir. The source of the tremors was at a depth of 160 kilometers.

She indicated that, according to the hydrometeorological station in the village of Malukurelskoye, a 4-magnitude earthquake was recorded on Shikotan Island, and no tsunami warning was announced.

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