A 5.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of the Kuril Islands. This was announced by the head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station Elena Semenova. RIA News.
According to Semenova, the earthquake occurred on February 17 at 17.33 local time (9.33 Moscow time). Its epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, 102 kilometers southeast of the village of Gornoye on the island of Iturup, and its source was at a depth of 49 kilometers.
The seismologist announced that tremors with a strength of 2-3 points could be felt on the islands of Shikotan and Iturup. While there was no loss of life or damage, no tsunami alarm was given.
He was reported to be in the Altai Republic on February 10. there was an earthquake magnitude 5.0.
Previously at the Institute for Nuclear Research (INR) of the Russian Academy of Sciences statedIt turns out that light dark matter particles have the capacity to form things like asteroids that will cause earthquakes as they pass through Earth. Dark matter is a substance that can only interact with gravity and cannot be seen through any telescope. Theoretical physicists are trying to predict what particles it consists of and what its properties are. A few years ago, domestic scientists did computer modeling and found that a certain type of light dark matter particles could potentially form massive objects.
Previously near Kamchatka dead earthquakes.