OREANDA-NEWS An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred in the Kuril Islands region, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).

According to seismologists, the earthquake occurred at 18.35 UTC (21.35 Moscow time) 443 kilometers from the city of Kurilsk with a population of about 1.6 thousand people.

The hearth was located at a depth of nine kilometers.