Powerful tremors: two strikes in a row shook Commanders

The regional branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences informs that two earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 and 3.5 occurred near the Commander Islands on Tuesday. Tremors in the Pacific Ocean were recorded at intervals of several minutes.

The first earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred at 09:17 local time. The epicenter was located in the water area 39 km northwest of the village of Nikolskoe on the island of Bering. The hearth lies at a depth of 41 km under the seabed.

Four minutes later, the instruments recorded a second tremor of magnitude 3.5. It happened in the same neighborhood.

Nikolskoe is the only settlement of the Aleutian district of the Kamchatka Territory. There is currently no data on whether fluctuations were felt in the village. Seismologists specify that the tsunami alarm after a series of tremors was not declared.