YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th November, 2020) SAKHALINSK, Russia, November 28 (Sputnik) - A 5.5 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday in the Pacific Ocean near Russia's Kuril Islands, the regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian academy of Sciences (GS RAS) told Sputnik.
"The 5.5 magnitude earthquake was registered at 5:45 a.m. [18:45 on Friday GMT] ... 100 kilometers [over 62 miles] southeast of the island of Paramushir at a depth of 55 kilometers," the head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismological station said.
The head of the station added that residents of Severo-Kurilsk had felt the 4.0 magnitude tremor.
The Kuril Islands are located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire, which is regularly affected by powerful earthquakes. On November 5, 1952, the 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a huge tsunami that devastated Severo-Kurilsk, leaving more than 2,300 people killed.
