Two further earthquakes measuring 5.1 and 5.0 on the Richter scale had been recorded within the Pacific Ocean close to the Kuril Islands on Wednesday night, in response to the Sakhalin department of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Twenty minutes later, seismologists registered a second earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0. Its epicenter was recorded 79 kilometers southeast of Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir Island at a depth of 47 kilometers. The city of Severo-Kurilsk additionally skilled tremors with an depth of as much as three factors.
Earlier within the day, Severo-Kurilsk declared a state of emergency after a strong 8.7-magnitude earthquake close to Kamchatka — the strongest since 1952 — triggered a tsunami. Four tsunami waves struck Paramushir Island, flooding the port of Severo-Kurilsk and close by fishing services. Small boats had been swept out to sea or thrown ashore. Residential buildings suffered harm to chimneys and engineering networks, whereas many residents reported damaged furnishings and smashed dishes. The port of Severo-Kurilsk stays closed for incoming and outgoing vessels till a full security evaluation is accomplished.
The Severo-Kurilsk District consists of a single settlement — the city of Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir Island — making it significantly weak to seismic and tsunami exercise.
