An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 was recorded off the coast of Kamchatka

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 was recorded off the coast of Kamchatka. This was announced on February 26 by the press service of the Kamchatka branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution United Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Telegram channel.

It is indicated that the hearth was located at a distance of 95 km from the village of Nikolsky. The message added that information about the incident will be clarified.

There was no information about the victims.

Earlier, on February 16, the head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station, Elena Semenova, reported that off the coast of the southern Kuril Islands href="https://iz.ru/1839976/2025-02-16/zemletriasenie-magnitudoi-46-proizoshlo-u-poberezhia-iuzhnykh-kurilskikh-ostrovov " target="_blank">an earthquake of magnitude 4.6 was recorded. The specialist also noted that the danger of a tsunami had not been announced and no information about the impact had been received.