Seismologists recorded a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Southern Kuril Islands. This has been reported RIA News at the Sakhalin branch of the Joint Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to scientists, the earthquake occurred on November 28 at 11:28 local time (3:28 Moscow time). The epicenter was 125 km southeast of Iturup Island. The source of the earthquake was 59 kilometers underground.
According to the agency’s source, tremors of up to three magnitudes were felt in Iturup and two magnitudes in Kunashir. No tsunami alert was declared and no casualties or damage were recorded.
Before that, seismologists registered A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. According to Geoservice, the source of the tremors was at a depth of 12.3 km, and the epicenter of the disaster was located 65 km west of the city of Wewak, with a population of over 25 thousand in East Sepik province.
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