Earthquake in Russia moves city more than 2,300km away

Although more than 2,300km from the epicenter, the city of Vladivostok was still moved after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Kamchatka peninsula, Russia at the end of July.

Vladivostok city, in the Russian Far East - Photo: TASS

Responding to TASS News Agency on August 8, Professor Nikolai Shestakov of the Polytechnic Institute, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) said that the strong earthquake that occurred off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30 caused a clear shift of the ground in Vladivostok, even though this city is more than 2,300km from the epicenter.

“Just 10 minutes after the main shock, the city was ‘pushed’ almost 5cm to the south, and then moved a similar distance to the north,” Mr. Shestakov said.

Vladivostok city is located in the Russian Far East, considered Russia's gateway to Asia.

Mr. Shestakov also informed that in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, in the Kamchatka region, Russia, the Earth's crust moved 50cm and sank nearly 10cm.

Scientists noted that just 55 seconds after the earthquake, the southern part of Kamchatka began to move.

This was the strongest earthquake in Kamchatka in 70 years. The shock caused tsunamis in Japan, the US and the Kuril Islands.

Scientists warn that there will be many tremors following the earthquake that could last for months.

The earthquake also caused seven volcanoes in Kamchatka to erupt simultaneously, something that had not happened in nearly 300 years. Among them was the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano - the highest active volcano in Eurasia.

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