
Earthquake of 6.5 magnitude recorded near Severo-Kurilsk
Moscow, Aug 4 (UNI) A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred today near the Russian town of Severo-Kurilsk in the northern Kuril Islands, south of Kamchatka, Elena Semenova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station, told Sputnik. “A magnitude 6.5 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean on August 4 at 3:20 pm local time [04:20 GMT]. The…