Two more earthquakes have occurred in the Far East
Seismologists have recorded two new earthquakes that occurred off the west and south-east coasts of Kamchatka, reports «Interfax» .
«The first seismic events of magnitude 5.8 occurred on Saturday at 02:56 on the Kamchatka time (at 18:56 MSK on Friday) in the Okhotsk Sea off the west coast of Kamchatka, at a depth of 643 km,» — According to the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service RAS.
It was one of aftershocks after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that occurred on Friday at 09:44 MSK.
«The second earthquake of magnitude 4.7 occurred on Saturday at 11:09 am local time (3:09 MSK) in quite a different area — in the Pacific Ocean at a distance of 170 km south-east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 42 km. Where has the week went so-called «swarm» of earthquakes of magnitude up to 6.4 «, — Said in a statement.
No injuries or damage, the threat of a tsunami has not been announced.