A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Operative Information Center-OMM reports that the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences released information regarding the seismic activity via its official Telegram channel.
According to the report, the epicenter of the earthquake was located approximately 200 kilometers from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The seismic tremors were recorded at a focal depth of 46.5 kilometers. This event follows recent reports of separate seismic activity previously recorded in the Tuva region.
The Kamchatka Peninsula is situated in one of the world's most seismically active zones, known as the Pacific "Ring of Fire." This region frequently experiences significant geological activity due to the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate. Such tremors are common in the area, which is home to numerous active volcanoes and complex fault systems that regularly produce earthquakes of varying magnitudes.
