An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred in Kamchatka

This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"The earthquake occurred on Monday night local time," - said in the message.

The epicenter of the element was at a depth of 12 km.

The earthquake was registered 119 km from the village of Esso.

Earlier, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 occurred in the South Shetland Islands, located between South America and Antarctica.