Magnitude 4.4 earthquake recorded near Simushir Island

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean near the Kuril Islands on the morning of October 21. No tsunami alert was issued, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk seismic station chief Elena Semyonova told RIA Novosti.

Semyonova placed the epicenter 76 kilometers southeast of the uninhabited island of Simushir. The earthquake’s focus was 76 kilometers beneath the seabed.

The station had received no reports of people feeling the tremor.