Five-point earthquake shakes Kamchatka, no word about victims

Archive July 25, 2012, 6:11

The epicenter of the quake was 118 km south-east of Tilichiki Settlement in Olyutorsky District of the Kamchatka Territory

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 25 (Itar-Tass) — An earthquake with a maginitude of 5.2 has occurred in Kamcahtka's north-east. There has been no word about victims or damage, an official at the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences has told Itar-Tass.

The earth jolt was recorded at 09:25, Kamchatka time, on Wednesday. The epicenter of the quake was 118 km south-east of Tilichiki Settlement in Olyutorsky District of the Kamchatka Territory. The focus of the earthquake was at a depth of more than 53 km.

 

 

 

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