A magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean near from the Kuril Islands, the head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences Elena Semenova told RIA Novosti. “A 5.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on July 13 at 11:30 a.m. (03:30 a.m. Moscow time) at a depth of 59 kilometers. The epicenter was located 11 kilometers au south of Simushir Island, “Semenova said.
According to seismologists, in the settlements of Kunashir and Iturupa felt shocks of up to three points. There are no casualties or damage, no tsunami danger has been announced.
