YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, June 23 An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 was recorded on Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the southern Kuril Islands, the head of the Yuzhno-SAKHALINSK seismic station reported. Sakhalinsk» Elena Semenova.
“»An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 was registered on June 23 at 16.34 (8.34 Moscow time). The epicenter was 95 kilometers southeast of the village of Gornoye on the Kuril island of Iturup, the source was at a depth of 58 kilometers,» the agency's interlocutor said.
As Semenova noted, according to operational data from the Kurilsk seismic station, residents of populated areas did not feel the earthquake, and no tsunami alarm was declared.
