Tag: quake
Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido, no tsunami warning issued
The 5.24 a.m. quake registered upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the Tokachi region of the northern main island and occurred at a depth of about 83 kilometres, Kyodo news reported.
Volcano erupts after quake in Russia’s far east
Eruptions of the Klyuchevskoy volcano -- the highest active in Europe and Asia -- are quite common, with at least 18 of them happening since 2000 according to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program.
