US EditionMajor Earthquake Shifts and Sinks Huge Russian Peninsula
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA, AUG 5 – The magnitude 8.8 quake caused the Kamchatka Peninsula to shift nearly 2 meters southeast, triggering volcanic activity and tsunami warnings across the Pacific, officials said.
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The southern part of Kamchatka moved 2 metres south-east as a result of the worst earthquake since 1952, which occurred on 30 July, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, for example, moved about 50 centimetres.
The southern part of the Kamchatka peninsula moved almost two metres south-east after the earthquake of 30 July, reporting to the regional branch of FRC of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Kamchatka in the literal sense of the word has moved away from Russia: EADaily
EADaily, August 5th, 2025. The result of a large-scale earthquake in Kamchatka was not only the destruction of many buildings. As reported today, on August 5, the Telegram channel SHOT, the peninsula, after the rampage of the elements, became two meters further from Russia.
Scientists have recorded another strong earthquake in Kamchatka. Volcanoes have also been reviving in the region over the past week as a result of the tremors. Geologists have also found that the events are related to the peninsula's movement away from mainland Russia.
August 5, 2025.- The Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Russian Far East, moved from the continent to the south-east due to the recent megate-remoto off its coast, the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday....
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