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Shallow M6.1 Earthquake Strikes Off Kamchatka’s East Coast

Agencies say it belongs to the aftershock sequence from July’s M8.8 rupture.

Overview

  • USGS and EMSC measured the quake at magnitude 6.1 and 10 km depth at 08:44 UTC on November 3.
  • The epicenter was about 135 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, according to USGS data.
  • USGS issued a Green alert for low likelihood of casualties and economic losses.
  • No tsunami threat was reported for this event.
  • NCS also logged a magnitude 6.3 earlier the same day and several M5-range shocks were recorded in the hours before.