“An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 occurred at 05:45 in the coordinates of 49.8 N.
156.7 v.d.
at a depth of 55 km, 100 km southeast of Paramushir, "RIA Novosti reports.
It is noted that residents of Severo-Kurilsk felt tremors up to 4 points.
Earlier it became known about an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 in the east of Japan.