Overview
- EMERCOM reported nine aftershocks of magnitude 3.8–5.0 in the past 24 hours, with one tremor felt up to intensity 2 in settlements, and the regional emergency regime remains in effect.
- Seismologists describe current activity as extremely high, with ongoing monitoring of Klyuchevskoy, Bezymianny, Shiveluch, Karymsky, Kambalny and Krasheninnikov, and authorities urge people to stay away from active volcanoes.
- New FEB RAS findings place Petropavlovsk‑Kamchatsky, Yelizovo and Vilyuchinsk in zones that could experience shaking up to 10 points on the MSK scale.
- Scientists warn that soil liquefaction poses a major additional hazard to buildings and infrastructure, prompting calls for checks of critical facilities and mass‑occupancy structures.
- Rosrybolovstvo says seabed changes could shift fish and crab habitats over 3–5 years without stocks leaving Russia’s economic zone or moving to Japan, while a Kamchatka biologist expects migration routes to hold and cites overfishing as the larger threat.