An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 occurred off the northern coast of the Kuril Islands, reported "RG" at the Sakhalin branch of the Federal Research Center for Unified Geosciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. On November 12, 2026 at 12:18 Sakhalin time (04:18 Moscow time), the Sakhalin branch of the Federal Research Center United Geosciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences registered an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Kuril Islands. The source of the seismic event was at a depth of 42 kilometers, the intensity was 5.3. Residents of Severo-Kurilsk could feel up to 4 points. "The epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean, 79 kilometers southeast of the city of Severo-Kurilsk," explained Elena Semenova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk seismic station.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 occurred off the northern coast of the Kuril Islands, reported "RG" at the Sakhalin branch of the Federal Research Center for Unified Geosciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. On November 12, 2026 at 12:18 Sakhalin time (04:18 Moscow time), the Sakhalin branch of the Federal Research Center United Geosciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences registered an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Kuril Islands. The source of the seismic event was at a depth of 42 kilometers, the intensity was 5.3. Residents of Severo-Kurilsk could feel up to 4 points. "The epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean, 79 kilometers southeast of the city of Severo-Kurilsk," explained Elena Semenova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk seismic station.