“Earth tremors with a magnitude of 5.1 were registered on November 6 at 15:23 (07:23 Moscow time).
The epicenter was located 69 km south of the village of Malokurilskoye on the Kuril island of Shikotan, ”RIA Novosti quotes a statement.
It is noted that the focus of the natural phenomenon lay at a depth of 45 km.
Earlier, seismologists recorded an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 off the coast of El Salvador.