A resident of Kuril Islands told about the first minutes of the earthquake

Vladimir Bravartsov, a resident of Severo-Kurilsk, spoke about the first minutes after the earthquake. According to him, it was not immediately clear that "the case was leading to the worst."

According to him, he was just lying down and at first did not pay attention to the weak movements, did not attach importance to the tremors.

"It's just that it's not uncommon here, people are already used to it. But then the tremors started to intensify for 4-5 minutes, and then I realized that things were getting worse. Everything was flying: dishes, appliances," Vladimir shared in an interview with aif.ru on Wednesday, July 30th.

Strong tremors lasted about 10 minutes, after which sirens howled in the city — a tsunami threat was announced. An urgent mass evacuation of the population has begun.

"It was shaking very hard": eyewitness monologues about the earthquake in Kamchatka

It was already evening in the region, but not everyone decided to return to their homes.

On July 30, a powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 occurred in the Kamchatka Territory. According to Governor Vladimir Solodov, these were the strongest tremors in the history of observations in the region. He shortened his working day in government offices due to the threat of a tsunami. A tsunami threat was announced on the coast of the Avacha Bay immediately after the earthquake, NSN notes. As a result of the earthquake, several people were also injured, writes "Moscow 24".

The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Pacific Ocean, at a distance of 149-161 km south-east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 17 to 32 km. The Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences confirmed that the tremors are associated with the subduction of the Pacific Plate under Okhotsk. Life.ru Several aftershocks with an intensity of 2-5 points were also recorded, RIAMO clarifies.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations warned that it is highly discouraged to visit the territories adjacent to the waters of the Avacha Bay and the Pacific Ocean in the near future, RT reports.

Also, an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 was recorded in the Sakhalin region. As a result, a tsunami hit Severo-Kurilsk, flooding the local port and one of the fishing enterprises.

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