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5.6-earthquake recorded near Russia's Kuril Islands
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- 12 January, 2026
- 09:27
Seismologists recorded a 5.6-magnitude earthquake near Russia's southeastern Kuril Islands, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station noted, Report informs via TASS.
The earthquake was recorded at 12:52 p.m. local time (1:52 a.m. GMT).
The magnitude was 5.6.
The tremors were recorded at a depth of 423 kilometers below the seabed, 214 kilometers north of the village of Reydovo on Iturup Island.
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