خبرگزاری کوکچهA 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck off Russia’s Kuril Islands, following a powerful 8.8 magnitude quake in Kamchatka last month.
#Russia #Earthquake #KurilIslands #GFZ #SeismicActivity 🌍🌊💥
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck Russia’s Kuril Islands, following yesterday’s 8.8-magnitude quake in Kamchatka. Details are still emerging, but no major damage or casualties have been reported yet. 🌍 #KurilIslands #Earthquake #Russia #SeismicActivity #Kamchatka
DoomsdaysCW"The #Ainu, an #indigenous people of Japan, have a distinct culture, language, and history that set them apart from the dominant Japanese population. Historically inhabiting #Hokkaido, #Sakhalin, the #KurilIslands, and parts of northern #Honshu, the Ainu lived as hunters, gatherers, and fishers, deeply connected to nature."
The #KurilIslands are also the home of the #Indigenous #Ainu people!
"The four volcanic islands, known in Russia as the Kurils, stretch between Kamchatka and the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
"The islands were captured by the Soviet Union from Japan in the closing days of World War II. Japan asserts territorial rights to the islands it calls the Northern Territories, and the dispute has kept the countries from signing a peace treaty
"The islands have a population of about 20,000, and the local economy is based on fishing. The Russian military has bolstered its presence in the area, refurbishing a Soviet-era air base and other outposts."
Russia's Far East largely spared by strong earthquake and tsunami
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents to flee buildings but causing only a few injuries. Regional authorities say they were well prepared for the 8.8-magnitude quake and subsequent waves. A state of emergency was declared but there was no major damage. The 1,200-kilometer (750-mile)-long peninsula nine time zones east of Moscow faces the Pacific Ocean on its east and the Sea of Okhotsk along its west coast. Called the “land of fire and ice,” Kamchatka is one of the most active volcanic regions on Earth, with about 300 volcanoes, with 29 of them active.
#Russia’s Far East ‘land of fire and ice’ avoids major damage from #earthquake and #tsunami
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Updated 12:41 PM EDT, July 30, 2025
Excerpt:
"Dubbed the 'land of fire and ice,' Kamchatka is one of the most active volcanic regions on Earth. It has about 300 volcanoes, with 29 of them still active, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory. Quakes and tsunamis regularly strike the peninsula that lies close to an ocean trench where two tectonic plates meet.
"The 1,200-kilometer (750-mile)-long peninsula nine time zones east of Moscow faces the Pacific Ocean on its east and the Sea of Okhotsk along its west coast. Kamchatka and a few nearby islands have a population of about 290,000 with about 162,000 of them living in the regional capital of #PetropavlovskKamchatsky in Avacha Bay on the peninsula’s southeast.
here are few roads on the peninsula, and helicopters are the only way to reach most areas. Fishing is the main economic activity. A major base for Russian #nuclear submarines is located in #AvachaBay.
"The tallest volcano is #KlyuchevskayaSopka (4,750 meters or 15,584 feet), the largest active volcano in the Northern Hemisphere. Observers heard explosions and saw streams of lava on its western slopes, according to the Kamchatka branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ geophysical service.
Scientists have anticipated the eruption for some time, with the volcano’s crater filling with lava for weeks and the mountain emitting plumes of ash. It last erupted in 2023."
Russia's Far East largely spared by strong earthquake and tsunami
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents to flee buildings but causing only a few injuries. Regional authorities say they were well prepared for the 8.8-magnitude quake and subsequent waves. A state of emergency was declared but there was no major damage. The 1,200-kilometer (750-mile)-long peninsula nine time zones east of Moscow faces the Pacific Ocean on its east and the Sea of Okhotsk along its west coast. Called the “land of fire and ice,” Kamchatka is one of the most active volcanic regions on Earth, with about 300 volcanoes, with 29 of them active.
NonilexA #tsunami has hit coastal areas of #Russia’s #KurilIslands & #Japan’s large northern island of #Hokkaido after an 8.7-magnitude #earthquake early Wednesday.
The first tsunami wave hit the coastal area of #SeveroKurilsk, the main settlement on Russia’s Kuril Islands in the #Pacific, according to the local governor Valery Limarenko. He said residents were safe & staying on high ground until the threat of a repeat wave was gone.
Беларуская Вікіпедыя🖼️ Выява дня: Вывяржэнне вулкана Сарычава на Курыльскіх астравах, 2009.
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks‘Mystery Volcano’ That Erupted And Cooled Earth In 1831 Has Finally Been Identified
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https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/mystery-volcano-that-erupted-and-cooled-earth-in-1831-has-finally-been-identified/1729581 <--shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2416699122 <--shared paper
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https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/mystery-volcano-that-erupted-and-cooled-earth-in-1831-has-finally-been-identified/1729581 <--shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2416699122 <--shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #glaciochemical #geochemistry #climate #climatechange #sulfurdioxide #neversummer #temperature #weather #icecore #LittleIceAge #dating #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #historic #volcanic #eruption #stratigraphy #Zavaritskii #caldera #ash #KurilIslands #Japan #Kamchatka #Russia #volcano #stratospheric #cryptotephra #tephra #andesite #dacite #Simushir #SimushirIsland
EarthquakesM4.70 #earthquake (#sismo) #KurilIslands 18 minutes ago! More info: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ne6i