Kamchatka’s Russian peninsula He suffered a tremor again. This Thursday was recorded A new earthquake of magnitude 6.7 On the Richter scale, in the vicinity of the Kuriles. This fact was given just 24 hours later of the earthquake of magnitude 8.8 that shook the east coast of Russia on Wednesday.
According to data from Unified Geophysical Service of Russiathe tremor occurred around 8.30 in the morning (local time) and had its epicenter 379 kilometers from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski. This area had already been shocked for Wednesday’s tsunami.
A short time after the first tremor, A magnitude replica 5.8 registered at 33 was reported Kilometers deep and about 172 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, according to Russian authorities.
The replicas of the earthquake: eight earthquakes in the last 24 hours
According to data from the Unified Geophysical Service of Russia, the region suffered eight earthquakes in the last 24 hourswith magnitudes that range between 4.5 and 6.7. In fact, according to experts, which The seismic process can extend weeks or even months.
For now, Serious ecological consequences are ruled out After the earthquake on Wednesday of 8.8 degrees of magnitude, one of the largest registered in the modern era.
Earthquake in Russia: what were the causes
An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 shook the East Coast of Russiain the Kamchatka Peninsulaas reported by the United States Geological Service (USGS). The earthquake occurred to 19 kilometers deep and activated one Tsunami alert in the Pacific Ocean, included Japan, China, Hawaii and the west coast of the United States.
The tremor also caused tsunamis that flooded coastal communities In Russia and Japan, where they were forecast Waves up to 3 meters high. These impacted parts of the west of USA and Hawaii, and moved to South America. According to the researchers, it occurred by a “mega-suburb failure”, that is, where the Pacific plaque, denser, slides below the American plaque, lighter.
It was the largest earthquake since 2011, when an earthquake of magnitude 9.1 caused a tsunami off the coast of Japan that caused More than 18,000 deaths.
Source: Ambito
