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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka. A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was recorded early Saturday morning in the Pacific Ocean near the Southern Kurils, Sakhalin region, according to the Sakhalin branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of RAS when reporting to Interfax.
Consensus
- A seismic event occurred on July 7 near the western coast of Sakhalin Island.
- The earthquake had a magnitude of 3.3 and was recorded by the Sakhalin branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
- The epicenter was located 4 km northeast of the village of Porечье in Uglegorsk District, with the focus at a depth of 18 km.
- The tremor was felt up to 3–4 points on the Mercalli scale in the villages of Krasnopole and Porечье.
- No tsunami warning was issued following the event.
Points of divergence
- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, marking the first time such a threshold had been reached in two weeks. — m24
- An eruption at Shiveluch volcano ejected ash to a height of 12 km and lasted for 10 minutes, with an ash cloud spreading 10 km westward. — m24
- A magnitude 4.6 earthquake occurred on July 4 near the southern Kuril Islands, specifically 142 km east of the village of Reydovo on Iturup Island, at a depth of 64 km. — interfax
- The magnitude 4.6 quake was felt up to two points in populated areas of Iturup Island, and no tsunami alert was issued. — interfax
Coverage (8 sources)
- Magnitude 3.3 earthquake recorded on the western coast of Sakhalin — Вести
- Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Occurred Near the Southern Kurils — Вести
- First magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Kamchatka in two weeks — Вести
- Magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka — Москва 24
- Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Occurs Near the Southern Kurils — Интерфакс
- Seismologists on Kamchatka recorded a magnitude 4.1 earthquake — Вести
- Seismologists record magnitude 4.4 earthquake off the coast of Sakhalin — Вести
- Magnitude 4.4 Earthquake Recorded Near Sakhalin — Интерфакс