An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale has occurred off the eastern coast of Kamchatka, according to a Telegram post by the Kamchatka branch of the Federal Research Center of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The seismic event was recorded at 0:07 Moscow time.
The earthquake occurred 98 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, with a focal point at a depth of 48.1 kilometers.
According to instrumental data, the earthquake was felt in various areas of the regional center with a magnitude of up to 5.0. No tsunami threat has been announced.
On July 30, Kamchatka experienced its strongest earthquake since 1952, with a magnitude of 8.8. Since then, scientists have recorded aftershocks every day. The most powerful were on September 13 (magnitude 6.3 at the epicenter) and September 19 (magnitude 7.8).
Scientists classify the current seismicity as extremely high. A state of emergency has been declared in the region.