An earthquake occurred near the northern Kuril Islands

Brief retelling from RIA II

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 was registered on Tuesday night near the northern Kuril Islands.

The epicenter of the earthquake was the Pacific Ocean, 152 kilometers east of the uninhabited island of Matua, at a depth of 43 kilometers under the seabed.

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, October 13 – RIA Novosti. An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 was registered on Tuesday night near the northern Kuril Islands, Elena Semenova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station, told RIA Novosti.

“An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred on the night of October 13 in the Pacific Ocean with an epicenter 152 kilometers east of the uninhabited island of Matua. The source of the tremors was located at a depth of 43 kilometers under the seabed,” the seismologist said.