Associate Professor of IDG of deformed processes in the Earth Corean, IDG Ras, Alexei Ostapchuk told Izvestia Earth that the earthquake of the intensity of 8.8 has partially released the accumulated energy in the Earth shell in Kamchatka.
According to Ostapchuk, to complete the relaxation process, the month can go, in which new shocks have the magnitude of over 7 likely.
The scientist explained that Kamchatka is located in the sinking area. The Pacific Ocean is gradually immersed in the Asian continental sheet at about eight centimeters per year. Due to their surface abnormalities, areas occur, called tectonic hooks. In these places, the sheets do not move compared to each other and the tectonic voltage accumulates there. When it reaches an important level, the hooks are destroyed and strong moving panels. This process comes with the release of seismic energy, which is an earthquake.
For conventional earthquakes, an assist is destroyed. The Kamchatka earthquake comes with the destruction of at least three assists, making its focus unique. Ostapchuk.
On the morning of July 30, an 8.7 earthquake occurred in Kamchatka. Natural Cataclysm has been registered around 11:30 local time (2:30 Moscow time). Its pate is 161 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and the fireplace falls at a depth of 32 km. This is the strongest earthquake in the region since 1952. After that, the tsunami was monitored up to 4 meters high.
Experts believe that the earthquake in Kamchatka can be caused by seismic weapons
On the same day, the Governor of Sakhalin Valery Limarenko said that the third tsunami in the Kuril Islands was the strongest, she flooded the port and a fish processing business, but no one was injured. The head of the area warns that electric networks may be damaged.
Previously, the seismician explained the minimum consequences of a strong earthquake in Kamchatka.