Powerful Quake Jump-Starting the Kamchatka Fire Engine

M7.2 earthquakes strikes Kamchatka Peninsula

Centered at 54.03ºN, 158.54°E the event occurred at a depth of 158km, EMSC reported.

Aftershock
At least two significant aftershocks have occurred, as of posting.

EQ Details
Magnitude: 7.2Mw
Location 54.03ºN, 158.54°E (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia)
Depth: 158km
Date time: 2016-01-30 03:25:09.7UTC
Distances:

• 94km N of Yelizovo, Russia [ pop: 40,692]
• 110km N of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia [pop: 187,282]
• 1,751km NE of Sapporo, Japan [pop: 1,883,027]

Source: The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC)