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Five earthquakes occurred in Kamchatka within 10 minutes

Five earthquakes occurred in Kamchatka within 10 minutes

A series of powerful earthquakes shook Kamchatka: five underground tremors in 10 minutes

The Kamchatka Peninsula was subjected to a real seismic attack - five earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 4.8 to 6.0 occurred in the region with an interval of just 10 minutes. This was reported in the Telegram channel of the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

According to seismologists, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 occurred 350 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the first earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 - 273 km away, the second - 212 km away, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 - 230 km away, and an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 - 402 km away. The epicenter of the first seismic event was at a depth of 64.8 km, the second - at a depth of 10.8 km, the third - at a depth of 66 km, the fourth - at a depth of 56.5 km, and the fifth - at a depth of 33 km.

Despite the significant strength of the underground tremors, no information has been received yet about residents of the region feeling the earthquakes.