This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Sakhalin Branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

“One earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1 occurred near the South Kuriles, four with a magnitude of 3.7 to 5.1 were registered near the North Kuriles.

The tsunami alarm was not announced, ”they said.

It is noted that they were not felt in the settlements of the islands.

Earlier it was reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 was recorded off the coast of the Kuriles.