68% of all earthquakes occur along the so-called “Pacific belt” that stretches along the east coast Asia, north and east of Australia, along the west coast America (especially in Japan and the Philippines). Photos from open sources. Today in the capital of the Philippines. an earthquake of magnitude 5.3. According to the Geological US service, tremors recorded at 10:27 local time time (06:27 Moscow time). The center of tremors lay at a depth of 38 kilometers. The epicenter of the earthquake was 158 kilometers to northeast of the capital. Also an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred off the coast of Japanese Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, reported the Main Meteorological Administration of the country. Hearth earthquakes occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers in the Pacific Ocean. Shocks were felt in nine prefectures, including Tokyo. There is no tsunami threat. Information on victims and destructions is not acted.
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