“An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 occurred on December 1 at 09:54 (01:54 Moscow time) at coordinates 48.0 N.

141.0 el.

in the Tatar Strait at a depth of 595 km, ”said Elena Semyonova, head of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station.

She added that the epicenter was located 86 km west of the city of Tomari.

On November 28, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 was recorded off the Kuril island of Paramushir.