Severo-Kurilsk is a town and the administrative center of Severo-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the northern part of the Kuril Islands, on the island of Paramushir. Population: 2,536; 2,592; 5,180. From Wikipedia
Warnings have been eased across the Pacific after an 8.8 magnitude quake off Kamchatka; agencies continue monitoring seismic activity and sea levels.
