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Kamchatka Logs Nine Aftershocks Up to M5.8 as Pacific Rim Sees Fresh Quakes

Officials keep Kamchatka under emergency status due to elevated seismic and volcanic activity.

Overview

  • Russia’s emergency ministry reported nine aftershocks off Kamchatka in the past 24 hours with magnitudes from 4.9 to 5.8, one of which was felt in settlements.
  • The previous day saw 17 aftershocks ranging from M3.7 to M4.9, and seismologists describe the ongoing sequence as extremely high.
  • The region remains under a natural-disaster emergency regime, and scientists report increased activity at Klyuchevskoy, Bezymianny, Shiveluch, Karymsky, Kambalny and Krasheninnikov volcanoes.
  • Japan’s meteorological agency recorded a M6.5 off the northeast coast with a very shallow focus and maximum intensity 4, with light shaking in Tokyo and no reports of damage.
  • EMSC logged a M5.6 about 127 km east of Miyako, USGS reported a M5.7 in the Gulf of California, and a M4.8 struck near Iturup in the southern Kurils, with no tsunami alert for the Kurils and no damage reports across these events.