A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Kuril Islands in the Pacific Ocean. This has been reported area Kamchatka Branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to Kamchatka geophysicists, the earthquake occurred at 18:45 Kamchatka time (9:45 Moscow time).
“Depth 42 km, magnitude 5.8,” says the publication.
The source of the earthquake is reported to be 189 km from Severo-Kurilsk.
Previously in the United States near Buffalo, New York, was recorded 3.8 magnitude earthquake It was recorded that this was the strongest earthquake recorded in the region in the last 40 years. According to NBC, the West Seneca region has experienced 24 earthquakes above magnitude 2.5 since 1983, but the strongest of these occurred on February 6, 2023.
Before that, Petr Shebalin, director of the Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences declarationHe said that it is impossible to predict an earthquake in Turkey one day in advance. He noted that there will be an earthquake in an area the size of Turkey in the next 5 years.