The 6.8-magnitude earthquake in the Kuril Islands

A 6.8 magnitude quake struck the Russian Kuril Islands last night.

The earthquake point (blue square) near shook the Kuril Islands.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake occurred at 18h12 GMT on November 16 (23h12 'the same day in Vietnam) in the Kuril Islands in Russia's Sakhalin province.

According to initial preliminary information, the epicenter of the earthquake lies at a depth of 60km, at the position of 49.2 north latitude and 155.7 degrees east longitude.

There is no information about the casualties and warnings about the tsunami released after the earthquake.

However, the Russian government still requires localities to take precautions because of such magnitude earthquakes that easily cause tsunamis to hit coastal areas within a radius of several hundred kilometers from the center. shock.