“An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 was recorded on Sunday at 20:58 (12:58 Moscow time),” said Yelena Semenova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station.
According to seismologists, the epicenter of the earthquake was located 109 km southeast of Iturup Island.
The hearth lay at a depth of 67 km.
Residents of Kurilsk and the village of Raidovo felt tremors with a power of 2-3 points.
Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred in China.