An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred in the east of Russia on Friday, February 17.
This is stated on the website of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
According to the data of the seismological center, the earthquake occurred in the area of the Kuril Islands at 22:38 local time.
The epicenter of the earthquake is at a depth of 166 kilometers.
Note that on February 7, an earthquake was recorded near the Kuril Islands.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 189 kilometers from Severno-Kurilsk.
Seismologists recorded an underground tremor with a magnitude of 5.8.
We will remind, on February 6,
a very strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 occurred in Turkey and Syria.
According to the US agency, more than 75 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or more were recorded in Turkey.
After that, earthquakes occur in different parts of the world.
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