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New Quakes Ripple Across Pacific as Kamchatka Logs 17 Aftershocks and Japan Registers M6.5

Officials link the regional spikes to the July 30 magnitude 8.8 quake, which triggered a prolonged aftershock sequence with elevated volcanic unrest.

Overview

  • Kamchatka recorded 17 aftershocks up to magnitude 4.9 in the past day, with one event felt in populated areas, according to the regional emergency service.
  • A natural emergency regime remains in place as scientists note increased activity at Klyuchevskoy, Bezymianny, Shiveluch, Karymsky, Kambalny and Krasheninnikov, with public advisories to avoid the volcanoes.
  • Japan’s Meteorological Agency reported a magnitude 6.5 off the northeast coast with an estimated 10‑meter focus depth, a peak intensity of 4, light shaking in Tokyo and no reports of casualties or damage.
  • A separate magnitude 5.6 quake east of Miyako was logged by the European‑Mediterranean Seismological Centre at 19 kilometers depth with no immediate damage reports.
  • Elsewhere, the US Geological Survey measured a magnitude 5.7 in the Gulf of California and Yuzhno‑Sakhalinsk seismologists reported a magnitude 4.8 near the southern Kurils, where no tsunami alert was issued and shaking was felt on Iturup.