Baku-APA. An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted east of the Kuril Islands at 1720 GMT on Thursday (0120 on Friday at local time), the U.S. Geological Survey said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The epicenter, with a depth of 24.90 km, was initially determined to be at 47.8072 degrees north latitude and 156.3482 degrees east longitude.