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2006 KamchatkaThe Kamchatka Peninsula is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of . It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west...
earthquakes were a series of powerful earthquakes that started on April 20, 2006 at 23:25 UTC (April 21, 2006 at 12:25 PM local time) as a major quake with the magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale. The
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was located near coast of
Koryak Autonomous OkrugKoryak Okrug , or Koryakia, is an administrative division of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It was a federal subject of Russia from 1931 until July 1, 2007, when it merged with Kamchatka Oblast. Prior to the merger, it was called Koryak Autonomous Okrug...
at 61.075°N, 167.085°E at an estimated depth of 22 km, as reported preliminarily by the USGS. This major quake caused damages in three villages and was followed by a number of aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.3 to 5.1.
The next strong 6.6
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struck on Saturday, April 29 at 16:58 UTC (April 30, 2006 at 5:58 AM local time). It too was followed by a number of strong and medium quakes days after with the magnitude ranging from 4.3 to 5.0.
These earthquakes claimed no deaths; however, 40 people were reported injured and about 1,000 people were since evacuated. Several diesel electric power stations and block and
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buildings sustained damage.
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