“The seismic event took place on the evening of March 13, 2021 at a depth of 60 km.
The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.1, ”the message says.
It is noted that the epicenter of the earthquake was in the Pacific Ocean, 102 km southwest of the village of Nikolskoye.
The tsunami threat was not announced.
Earlier, seismologists registered a 5.0 magnitude earthquake in the Bering Sea off the eastern coast of Kamchatka.