“An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 was registered on Wednesday at 13:54 (05:54 Moscow time),” Semenova said.
According to her, the epicenter of tremors was located 80 km southeast of Iturup Island.
Its focus lies at a depth of 49 km.
The seismologist added that residents of Kurilsk and the villages of Reidovo and Malokurilskoye experienced an earthquake of 4 points.
At the beginning of September, an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 was recorded near the Kuril Islands.