Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Kuril Islands

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Kuril Islands on Sunday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.

The seismic event occurred at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers beneath the surface, the agency said.

The Kuril Islands, a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Russia’s Sakhalin region, lie in the far eastern Pacific. The island chain stretches roughly 1,300 kilometers from northeast of Hokkaido in Japan to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the northern Pacific Ocean. The region includes 56 main islands along with numerous smaller islets.

The latest tremor follows a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck the Kuril Islands in August, also recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers by the same research center.

The Kuril Islands sit along the Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the world’s most seismically active zones, where tectonic plate movements frequently trigger earthquakes and volcanic activity. Authorities have not yet reported casualties or significant damage following Sunday’s quake. Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Kuril Islands

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Kuril Islands on Sunday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.

The seismic event occurred at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers beneath the surface, the agency said.

The Kuril Islands, a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Russia’s Sakhalin region, lie in the far eastern Pacific. The island chain stretches roughly 1,300 kilometers from northeast of Hokkaido in Japan to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the northern Pacific Ocean. The region includes 56 main islands along with numerous smaller islets.

The latest tremor follows a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck the Kuril Islands in August, also recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers by the same research center.

The Kuril Islands sit along the Pacific Ring of Fire, one of the world’s most seismically active zones, where tectonic plate movements frequently trigger earthquakes and volcanic activity. Authorities have not yet reported casualties or significant damage following Sunday’s quake.