Moscow, Russia.- An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 shook the Kamchatka Peninsula on June 25, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. According to the agency, the earthquake occurred at 10:05 (local) 105 kilometers east of Ust-Kamcatsk, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
Local authorities have not reported potential casualties or material damage from this phenomenon.
It is worth mentioning that during this year there have been other teluric movements in the same region, located in the Russian Far East.
The map shows the location of the earthquake. Photo: USGS
Last January there was an earthquake of magnitu 5.1, while three months ago another magnitude 6.3 was presented. Both with epicenters located in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski.Other sesms
On the other hand, on Monday, there were also two strong outsisms in Indonesia, the first was 6.1 and the other was 7.3. in Abepura, a shallow earthquake in eastern Indonesia and authorities said they had no information on injuries or major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.1-magnitude tremor had its epicenter 20 kilometers (12 miles) deep in a sparsely populated area 233 kilometers (144 miles) west of the town of Abepura in Papua province. Rahmat Triyono, head of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami center, said there were several minor aftershocks. While the other was recorded in a short time after a violent 7.3 magnitude earthquake, the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS) announced that it did not issue a tsunami warning. The tremor occurred 208 kilometers deep south of the island of Ambon, at 11H53 local (02H53 GMT), according to the same source. Indonesia is located in an area prone to seisms and volcanic eruptions because it is in the “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific.
