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The Kuril Islands are a seismically active region.
An earthquake occurred in the Kuril Islands. This was reported by specialists from the European-Mediterranean Seismic Center (EMSC).
The tremors were recorded at 21:42 local time (13:42 Moscow time). Their magnitude reached 4.4, which seismologists consider a significant earthquake that could lead to minor damage in the area of the epicenter.
The epicenter of the phenomenon was located 94 kilometers southeast of the city of Severo-Kurilsk, where about 2,400 people live. The outbreak lay at a depth of 40 kilometers. There was no information about casualties or destruction in the Russian region.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Kamchatka Territory warned residents about the approach of a powerful cyclone. On the night of October 7, heavy rains and storm winds of up to 32 m/s are forecast in a number of districts in the region.

A delegation of environmental specialists from the DPRK visited the Land of the Leopard national park in Vladivostok and expressed interest in the Russian experience in studying and protecting the Far Eastern leopard and the Amur tiger, discussing the possibilities of joint research and cooperation in preparation for the second meeting of the subcommittee on environmental protection of the intergovernmental commission of the Russian Federation and the DPRK.

Since the beginning of the year, eight cases of bear attacks on people have been recorded in the Primorsky Territory, all of them non-fatal. As a rule, attacks are provoked by humans, especially hunters and wild plant gatherers, said Deputy Minister of Forestry of the region Alexey Surovy.

According to UNICEF, a strong El Niño event between October and December 2026 will cause unusually wet or dry conditions, affecting more than 347 million children in one hundred countries and increasing the risk of floods, droughts, displacement, malnutrition, water shortages and disease outbreaks.

Deputy Minister of Forestry of Primorye Alexey Surovy said that 30-40% of information about bears visiting people in the region is not confirmed when checked on site, which diverts hunting control resources from real cases.

The population of brown and Himalayan bears in the Primorsky Territory has almost doubled over the past 10 years, said Deputy Minister of Forestry and Wildlife of the region Alexey Surovy. At the same time, the production limits have been increased: up to 1031 individuals of brown bear and up to 498 individuals of Himalayan bear for the entire region.