Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake Recorded off Eastern Coast of Russia's Kamchatka

  • 2/10/2023
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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, February 5, 2023, SPA -- A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East on Sunday, Sputnik News Agency quoted the geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Sciences as saying. The earthquake was registered at 13:14 local time (01:14 GMT), with the epicentre located at a depth of 34 kilometres (21 miles), 57 kilometres away from the town of Ust-Kamchatsk. Kamchatka is located in the northeastern part of a seismically active zone in the Pacific Ocean known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. --SPA 12:33 LOCAL TIME 09:33 GMT 0007 www.spa.gov.sa/w1849676

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