Overview
- The earthquake occurred on Jan. 13 about 130 kilometers southeast of Kurilsk on Iturup at a depth of roughly 69 kilometers and was felt up to intensity 3 in Kurilsk, Burevestnik and Gornoe.
- Emergency services reported no casualties or destruction and said inspections of housing and utilities were underway with services operating normally.
- Earlier on Jan. 13, a magnitude 5.6 event struck near the northern Kurils with an epicenter 194 kilometers south of Severo-Kurilsk at a depth of 49 kilometers, and no tsunami alert was issued.
- On Jan. 12, a deep magnitude 5.6 quake was recorded in the Sea of Okhotsk north of Reydovo on Iturup at about 423 kilometers depth, and a magnitude 5.1 quake off eastern Kamchatka was felt in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
- Kamchatka authorities logged 13 aftershocks up to magnitude 4.8 in the past day as scientists maintained an elevated seismicity assessment and the region continued under a natural emergency regime with volcanic activity monitored.