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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Vladivostok, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — Over the past 24 hours, Kamchatka has recorded about 120 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 3.5 to 6.7 after a powerful earthquake that occurred on July 30, TASS reported on Friday, citing the Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for Kamchatka Krai.
According to the report, some of the aftershocks of up to 5 points were felt in populated areas of the region. Two temporary accommodation points have been set up to receive citizens in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and in the Yelizovsky district. On the morning of August 1, there were 190 people in them. Psychologists from the Russian Emergencies Ministry are working with people.
According to seismologists, seismic activity in the region is decreasing, although it still remains high. The aftershock process after the earthquake of July 30, according to forecasts, will last for several months.
On the morning of July 30, a powerful earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, the strongest since 1952. Its magnitude, according to the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, reached 8.7. –0–
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