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Курильские острова расположены в сейсмически активной зоне, где регулярно фиксируются подземные толчки различной силы.
Землетрясение магнитудой 4,6 произошло в Тихом океане в ночь на 24 сентября.
Эпицентр землетрясения находился в 32 километрах восточнее села Малокурильское на острове Шикотан, очаг — на глубине 58 километров под морским дном.
ЮЖНО-САХАЛИНСК, 24 сен – РИА Новости. Землетрясение магнитудой 4,6 зарегистрировано в ночь на четверг вблизи южных Курил, его ощутили на Шикотане, сообщила РИА Новости начальник сейсмостанции "Южно-Сахалинск" Елена Семенова.
"Землетрясение магнитудой 4,6 произошло в Тихом океане в ночь на 24 сентября. Его эпицентр находился в 32 километрах восточнее села Малокурильское на острове Шикотан, очаг располагался на глубине 58 километров под морским дном", - рассказала сейсмолог.

On the night of September 24, an earthquake of magnitude 4.6 was recorded near the southern Kuril Islands. The epicenter was located 32 km east of the village of Malokurilskoye on the island of Shikotan, the source was at a depth of 58 km under the seabed. Tremors were felt in Shikotan, but no tsunami was declared.

In Arkhangelsk, due to a break in the heating main, 100 houses, where eight thousand people live, were left without heat and hot water. By 3:00 Moscow time, it is planned to restore heat supply to 61 houses; full restoration is expected by the end of the working day on September 24.

Extreme heat caused by El Niño could kill about 451,000 people worldwide over the next six months, particularly in Sudan, India, Nigeria, Indonesia and Brazil, according to a study by scientists from the University of Chicago and Berkeley published in the Guardian.

Bear attacks have killed 17 people in Russia's Siberian and Far Eastern districts in recent months. Factors including forest fires and poor pine nut harvests have driven bears into populated areas, leading to heightened-alert regimes in several regions.

Hurricane Polo in the eastern Pacific became the most powerful tropical cyclone of 2026. The storm reached category five intensity, wind speed exceeded 80 meters per second, and pressure dropped to 669 millimeters of mercury.

The fight against wildfires continues in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. As of September 23, 35 fires were recorded in the region on a total area of 5,129 hectares. Previously, a state of emergency had already been introduced in the district due to the abnormally hot summer.