Residents —still reeling from an earlier 8.8-magnitude quake—shared reports of new tremors on social media.

On Wednesday, seismologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that a new 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula.

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The quake occurred at 9:56 p.m. local time, with its epicenter located at a depth of 69 kilometers and nearly 200 kilometers east of Kamchatka’s capital.

Residents of the peninsula—still reeling from an earlier 8.8-magnitude quake—shared reports of “new tremors” on social media, while seismologists noted numerous aftershocks.

The initial quake, which triggered tsunami alerts across many Pacific Ocean countries, was the most powerful in that region of Russia’s Far East since 1952, according to the Unified Geophysical Service.

Russian specialists recorded about 13 aftershocks, ranging from magnitude 5 to 6, within one hour near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of the peninsula. The epicenter of the quake was located 161 kilometers east of the city, at a depth of 32 kilometers.

Local authorities are assessing the damage—a process expected to take about a week—but so far there have been minimal reports of damage to homes, infrastructure or roads. While tsunami warnings remain in place in some areas, some evacuees have already begun returning home.

Russian scientists acknowledged that between 10 and 15 automatic sea level and tsunami threat monitoring stations are missing along the coasts of Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands.

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Source: EFE

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