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In Kamchatka, in the area of Plosky Tolbachik volcano, two earthquakes with magnitudes 5.5 and 4.8. In settlements located in the vicinity of the volcano at distances from 40 to 60 km, soil vibrations were not felt. There is no destruction and injuries ITAR-TASS reported in the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service RAS. The epicenter of the first earthquake of magnitude 5.5, which happened on November 30, was east of the Northern Breakthrough volcano. The hearth lay at a depth of 7.6 km. After almost two hours in earthquake of magnitude 9.4 km in the same area 4.8. Experts believe that these earthquakes are associated with eruption of the Flat Tolbachik who woke up in the evening 27 October after a period of rest lasting 36 years from December 1976 of the year. In the villages of Mayskoye, Krasny Yar, Kozyrevsk was recorded ash fall. According to the Kamchatka Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS, in the area of the southern slope of the volcano, two cracks from which lava flows. After passing about 10 km, she destroyed Institute’s stationary point on Vodopadny stream, the base of this institutions “Leningradskaya”, as well as the base of the natural park “Volcanoes Kamchatka “. Nevertheless, for settlements lava flows so far not dangerous. The volcano maintains increased activity. In the dark over the southern slope and on the northwestern side of the Tolbachinsky valley, where lava flows are recorded, a glow is observed. Ash emissions periodically occur, but their height does not exceed 3 km above sea level.
Kamchatka Earthquake Volcanoes
