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M6.0 Quake Off Kamchatka Prompts Green Alert, No Tsunami

Scientists link the offshore shock to the aftershock sequence from July's M8.8 rupture.

Overview

  • USGS and EMSC measured the offshore event at M6.0 and 35 km depth at 03:45 UTC on November 4.
  • The epicenter lay about 146 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 151 km east-southeast of Vilyuchinsk, and 167 km southeast of Yelizovo.
  • Officials reported no tsunami threat from the earthquake.
  • The USGS issued a Green alert, indicating a low likelihood of casualties and economic losses in the region.
  • Seismologists describe the shock as part of the ongoing aftershock sequence from the July 29 M8.8 rupture on the Kuril–Kamchatka subduction zone.