Kamchatka earthquake: How come 8.8 on Richter scale but zero casualties?
On July 30, the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 – not far behind the deadly quakes of 2004 and 2011. It is the sixth most powerful quake ever recorded. It led to tsunami alerts in a dozen countries. But amazingly, and fortunately, for such a powerful quake, there were zero casualties.
Kamchatka is on the Circum-Pacific seismic belt or the so-called 'Ring of Fire,' and is prone to seismic activity. So how did the region escape such a major earthquake with no casualties?
Guest: Christina Malyk, special correspondent with Sputnik, based in Moscow.
Host: G. Sampath, Social Affairs Editor, The Hindu
Edited by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian
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