“According to the Petropavlovsk seismic station, the seismic event occurred in the early morning of December 27, 2019, at a depth of 47.7 km. The magnitude of the tremor was 5.2, ”the ministry said in a statement.
It is clarified that the epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km southwest of the village of Palan.
“There are no victims and destruction, the tsunami threat was not declared,” the department added.
Earlier it was reported that an earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred in the Kamchatka Gulf off the eastern coast of the peninsula.