occurred in the Pacific Ocean near the Kuril Islands

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Seismologists recorded an underground tremor with a magnitude of 5.8.

This was reported in the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

It is noted that the earthquake occurred at 18:45 Kamchatka time - 9:45 Kyiv time.

The epicenter of the earthquake was 189 kilometers from Severno-Kurilsk.

"The depth is 42 kilometers, the magnitude is 5.8," the report says.

By the way, after a powerful earthquake on February 6, the epicenter of which was in the region of Kahramanmaras, Turkey, a series of aftershocks swept through the world.

Earthquakes are known in Kazakhstan, China and the USA. 

We will remind you that

According to the US agency, more than 75 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or more were recorded in Turkey.

As of the morning of February 7,

died .

However, the WHO warns that the number of victims of the earthquake in southeastern Turkey, near the border with Syria, may increase eightfold.

Read also:

• After the earthquake in Turkey, experts recorded more than 75 aftershocks

• "As if a car crashed into the house, I jumped out of bed": an earthquake occurred in the USA

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