PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, August 6. /TASS/. A magnitude-6.4 earthquake was recorded off the coast of Kamchatka, the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.
"Magnitude: 6.4. Intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (preliminary estimate): 3," it said in a statement.
According to the USGS RAS, this latest aftershock occurred at 1:35 p.m. Moscow time (10:35 p.m. local time), 213 km from the capital of the region. The source was recorded at a depth of almost 39 km in the Pacific Ocean.
The aftershock was one of the strongest to follow the main earthquake. Within 20 minutes, four more aftershocks with a magnitude of 4.8-5.7 followed.
On July 30, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8, Russia’s strongest since 1952, struck off the coast of Kamchatka.
