Two strong earthquakes M 6.5 hit Kuril Islands

Two strong earthquakes M 6.5 hit Kuril Islands

Two strong earthquakes with recorded magnitudes of 6.5 (USGS) struck Kuril Islands on March 1, 2013 at 12:53 and 13:20 UTC respectively.First earthquake’s epicenter was located 93 km (57 miles) SE of Ozernovskiy, Russia and 229 km (142 miles) SSW of Vilyuchinsk,

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka

According to USGS seismograph records, the magnitude 5.8 earthquake strike off the east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula on July 26, 2011 at 06:17:38 UTC. The epicenter was 83km (51 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and 364 km (226 miles) northeast