The geophysicist spoke about the seismic situation in Kamchatka

The current seismic situation in Kamchatka is absolutely typical and normal for the region. On September 19, Director of the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences Danila Chebrov told Izvestia about this.

"The situation is absolutely typical for Kamchatka, absolutely normal. Reality is moving in the right direction, so everything is quite as it should be. The aftershock process is currently underway. We are experiencing him. All the earthquakes that occur in the hook zone are weaker. We expect that the aftershocks will weaken," Chebrov explained.

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The expert noted that most likely the strongest aftershock has already occurred, and although they can trigger weaker daughter events, they are still capable of causing a stronger earthquake.

"It's just, by definition, impossible. But in general, in principle, our focal area continues to relax. And seismic activity will decrease," the expert added.

Chebrov stressed that one should not expect a repeat mega-earthquake in the same place, since there are no such examples in world practice. He also gave a forecast on the duration of the aftershock process. According to him, the intensive phase is very worrying and is likely to last up to six months.

However, within a few years, seismic activity will gradually return to the background level and fully stabilize.

The earthquake in Kamchatka was reported on September 18. The magnitude of the aftershock reached 7.8. The depth of the seismic event was 10 km. The earthquake occurred 145 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Later, after the earthquake, a tsunami threat was announced. It was noted that the operational services of the region were put on high alert.

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