2024-08-18 21:11:43
The morning earthquake woke up residents of Kamchatka. The Kamchatka Information Agency quoted the Geophysical Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences as saying that scientists discovered strong shaking on the east coast of the peninsula.
The earthquake occurred at 7:10 a.m. on August 18 in the Pacific Ocean. The epicenter of the earthquake was located near the east coast of the peninsula. This earthquake was recorded at 52.6897 north latitude and 160.1681 east longitude, with a focal depth of 6 kilometers. According to the Geophysical Department, the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.0.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 113 kilometers away from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The morning tremors frightened residents of Kamchatka. Chandeliers shook, dishes shattered, monitors, flowerpots and furniture fell, and water splashed into containers. Many people ran out of their homes and into the streets. Some Kamchatka residents admit they have never been so scared before. According to preliminary statistics, the magnitude of the earthquake in the densely populated areas of the southern peninsula ranged from magnitude 5 to magnitude 7. According to the Geophysical Department, the strong earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks with magnitudes as high as 5.0.
Residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Vilyuchinsk, Elizovsky and Mirkovsky districts now share their feelings about the stress they experience on social networks. Town residents who went to their villas for the weekend said they felt the earthquake for the first time in their small villas.
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