An earthquake occurred in the Philippine Sea, 193 km south of Ogasawara Island (Bonin Islands, Japan), Interfax reports with reference to the Altai-Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The magnitude of the tremors recorded at 01:55 Moscow time was 5.7 points.
According to the service’s operational processing, the earthquake is classified as “very strong.”
At the same time, the United States Geological Survey reports a magnitude of 5.8.
In addition, American seismologists at 00.11 UTC (03.11 Moscow time) recorded a new magnitude 5 earthquake in this area. According to their data, the earthquake sources were located at a depth of 8 and 19 km, respectively.
