An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 was recorded in Kamchatka

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred in Kamchatka. This was announced on January 10 by the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center (FIT) of the Unified Geophysical Service (USGS) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

"Coordinates: 161.2486, 52.8566 <...> Magnitude (Ml): 5.8," the earthquake data is provided in the Telegram channel of the service.

According to operational data, the seismic event was registered on January 10 at 19:57 local time (10:57 Moscow time). The earthquake was centered at a depth of 25.8 km, and the distance from the epicenter to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was 178 km.

There was no information about possible consequences or casualties.

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On December 4, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred in the Lazarevsky district of Sochi on the coast. The earthquake affected the coastal zone with a length of 40 km. Its source was located at a depth of 10 km. In addition to Sochi, tremors were felt in Anapa and Tuapse.

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