Kamchatka recorded three earthquakes in a row with a magnitude above 5.0

Three earthquakes with a magnitude above 5.0 occurred off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. This was announced on August 1 by the Kamchatka Branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

It is specified that the seismic events occurred from 16:33 to 17:39 world coordination time (from 19:33 to 20:39 Moscow time). The magnitude of the earthquakes was 5.1, 5.8 and 5.2.

The first seismic event occurred 187 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at a depth of 18.9, the second — 238 km at a depth of 44.8, the third — 218 km at a depth of 33.8. No tsunami threat was announced.

"It was shaking very hard": eyewitness monologues about the earthquake in Kamchatka

It was already evening in the region, but not everyone decided to return to their homes.

On August 1, an earthquake of magnitude 8.7 occurred in the Kamchatka Territory. The depth of the source was about 24 km.

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