VLADIVOSTOK, July 30. /TASS/. Nine earthquakes of magnitudes 5.0, 4.8, 4.8, 5.3, 6.0, 5.2, 5.0, 5.4 и 6.0 were recorded in Kamchatka over an hour, seismologists said.
According to the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the 5.0-magnitude earthquake occurred 350 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the first 4.8-magnitude earthquake occurred 273 kilometers away, the second 212 kilometers away, the 5.3-magnitude earthquake 230 kilometers away, and the 6.0-magnitude earthquake 402 kilometers away. The first quake's epicenter was at a depth of 64.8 kilometers, the second at a depth of 10.8 kilometers, the third at a depth of 66 kilometers, the fourth at a depth of 56.5 kilometers, and the fifth at a depth of 33 kilometers.
As for the recent series of earthquakes, the 5.2-magnitude earthquake occurred 248 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the 5.0-magnitude earthquake occurred 204 kilometers away, the 5.4-magnitude earthquake 297 kilometers away, and the 6.0-magnitude earthquake 402 kilometers away. The first quake's epicenter was at a depth of 38.7 kilometers, the second at a depth of 13.7 kilometers, the third at a depth of 88 kilometers, the fourth at a depth of 56.5 kilometers, and the fifth at a depth of 77.1 kilometers.
