Fresh Quake Rocks Kamchatka Peninsula

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File photo: The Kamchatka Peninsula is an excellent example of the seismic, tectonic and volcanic activity that occurs all around the Pacific Ocean. This geographic circle is often referred to as the "Ring of Fire".

by Staff Writers
Vladivostok, Russia (AFP) May 11, 2006
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked Russia's fareastern Kamchatka peninsula early Wednesday, hitting the same area where powerful tremors struck last month, an emergencies ministry official said.

There were no reports of casualties no damages, the official said.

A series of violent earthquakes measuring up to 7.9 on the Richter scale shook the penisula's Koryakiya region last week, affecting 12 villages with a total population of 12,000 people.

Dozens of people received mild injuries from those tremors, and hundreds were evacuated out of the quake zone.

The Kamchatka peninsula, which is about the size of Japan, has a population density of less than one person per square kilometres (0.4 square miles).

In 1952, the region was rocked by an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, the fourth-biggest since 1900, according to data from the US Geological Survey.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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