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Kamchatka peninsula hit by 5 earthquakes in 24 hours

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In last 24 hours period Kamchatka peninsula felt 5 moderate earthquakes.The quakes which have rattled the peninsula were a 4.7, a 4.9, followed by a 5.0 and a 5.1 and a 4.7 – so there seems to be a gradual increase in intensity and activity. Kamchatka contains about 160 volcanoes with about 29 of them currently considered as being active. Gorely, Karymsky, Kizimen, Bezymianny, and Sheveluch are volcanoes currently under various watches. (The Extinction Protocol)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Kamchatka earthquakes, which occurred off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia in 1737, 1923 and 1952, were megathrust earthquakes and caused tsunamis. They occurred where the Pacific Plate subducts under the Okhotsk Plate at the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. The depth of the trench at the point of the earthquakes is 7000–7500 meters. Northern Kamchatka lies at the western end of the Bering fault, between the Pacific Plate and North American Plate, or the Bering plate. There are many more earthquakes and tsunamis originating from Kamchatka, of which the most recent was the 1997 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami originating near the Kronotsky Peninsula.

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