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A magnitude-6.2 earthquake was recorded off Russia’s Kamchatka coast
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake was recorded off Russia’s Kamchatka region on October 2. The epicenter was 182 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, while the hypocenter was at a depth of 73.8 kilometers.
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An earthquake that occurred off Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East measured 6.2 in magnitude.
The tremor was recorded on October 2 at 16:34 Coordinated Universal Time and 19:34 Moscow time. The epicenter was located 182 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, while the hypocenter was at a depth of 73.8 kilometers.
The regional branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Kamchatka Federal Research Center did not provide information in its statement on whether the earthquake caused any casualties or damage.
Kamchatka’s seismic belt
The Kamchatka Peninsula lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where earthquakes of varying magnitudes occur regularly. Located at the intersection of the Pacific and Okhotsk lithospheric plates, the peninsula consequently experiences high levels of seismic and volcanic activity.
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