In the past 24 hours, at least eight aftershocks have been reported off the coast of Russia’s Far East Kamchatka peninsula, as stated by the regional Emergency Situations Ministry on Wednesday. This follows nearly three months after the most significant earthquake in over 70 years struck the area.
The aftershocks, measuring between magnitudes 3.6 and 4.8, occurred after the July 30 earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 8.8 off Kamchatka’s eastern shore. According to Russian scientists, the southern region of Kamchatka moved as much as 2 meters (6 feet) southeast as a result of this quake, the most powerful since 1952.
One of the aftershocks was felt in several local communities, according to the Emergency Ministry.
Additionally, regional seismologists recorded a magnitude 5.5 earthquake near the regional capital, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, located on the southeast coast of the peninsula.
The tremors there were reported to reach up to four on the local intensity scale, but there was no tsunami warning issued.
Data from the U.S. Geological Survey indicated that at least three of the recent earthquakes occurred over an eight-hour timeframe southeast of the southern naval town of Vilyuchinsk.
The strongest of these, measuring 5.1 in magnitude, hit at approximately 5:30 a.m. Moscow time at a depth of 74 kilometers (46 miles).
Two additional tremors were recorded at magnitudes 4.7 and 4.4, occurring at shallower depths between 35 and 56.5 kilometers (22 and 35 miles).