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An earthquake occurred near the southern Kuril Islands

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An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred on Wednesday near the southern Kuril Islands with an epicenter 59 km east of the village of Malokurilskoye on the island of Shikotan.
The outbreak was located at a depth of 63 km under the seabed.
The tremors were felt on Shikotan with a force of up to three magnitudes; there was no threat of a tsunami.

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The Kuril Islands are located in a seismically active zone, where tremors of varying power are regularly recorded.

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YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, October 7 - RIA Novosti. An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred on Wednesday near the southern Kuril Islands and was felt in Shikotan, Elena Semenova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station, told RIA Novosti.

“An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 was registered on the morning of October 7 in the Pacific Ocean with an epicenter 59 kilometers east of the village of Malokurilskoye on the island of Shikotan. The source of the tremors was located at a depth of 63 kilometers under the seabed,” the seismologist said.

According to Semenova, the earthquake was felt in Shikotan with a force of up to three points; a tsunami alarm was not declared.

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Has any damage to infrastructure or residential buildings been reported as a result of the tremors?
Are there plans to conduct additional geophysical research in the area of the epicenter?