Magnitude 5.3 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA

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[The Californian]

Hope this hasn't already been posted.

[The Californian]

I noticed this earthquake in Russia. I don’t know if it has been posted yet.

[The Californian]

There seems to be quite a few there. Probably they are used to them.

[allmendream]

And if you know where Kamchatka is.... you probably played RISK.

[TaraP]

3 in a row.

1. Panama

2. Afghanistan

3. Russia

Who’s next?

[aft_lizard]

Seems to me that a 5.3 in Kamchatka happens once a month or so.

[Izzy Dunne]

And if you know where Kamchatka is.... you probably played RISK.

... or you were paying attention on Sept. 1, 1983...

[Arizona Carolyn]

I know exactly where it is and didn’t even have to look at google.

[Cementjungle]

... or you were paying attention on Sept. 1, 1983...

OK, I'll bite...

[allmendream]

And you played RISK as part of your misspent youth?

[The Californian]

I confess, I LOVED Risk! Haven’t played it in a long time... maybe it is time to pull it out again.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Nope... it is also the home of the Russian submarine fleet... nice people there from what I’ve read and pretty much pro-American in their attitudes.

[The Californian]

I did NOT know that.

[robomatik]

iirc, the event involved russian mig’s, a commercial airliner, and lot’s of dead people. i think it caused a rift in U.S./soviet relations.

[Izzy Dunne]

KAL 007

[dfwgator]

And if you know where Kamchatka is.... you probably played RISK.

LOL, I was just going to post something along those lines.

[Sawdring]

Pull what out again?

[Cementjungle]

KAL 007

Ah right... got a little too close to a sensitive area.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I followed a group of yachters this summer as they worked their way up the Inside Passage to Alaska and then across the Aleutian Islands, to Kamchatka, and then down to Japan, where they have left their boats for the winter (they plan to return in the Spring and do S. Korea, China, etc., as they work down to the South Pacific... it was very fascinating to follow their trip... something I could never, ever afford, but the people, themselves, are very down-to-earth and the leader of the group wrote a fascinating blog all along the trip... Amazing what you learn about countries when the governments are stripped out.. and, BTW, I learned a lot about the Aleutians from following their trip, too.

[djf]

Not really a biggie - one of the most seismologically active areas of the world...

But thanks for the FYI anyways!

[The Californian]

RISK, the game.

[The Californian]

Yeah, after I posted it I kind of thought it might not be any big deal, but don’t really know how to delete.

I have started following them because my daughter lives near the Bay Area and I always think a big earthquake somewhere else on the ring of fire might stir things up! She is tired of the warnings, I think :) There have been a lot of big earthquakes in the past few months.

[Cold Heart]

Samoa

[wizr]

Are you OK? You seem a little shaky.

Just a little joke, here.

[The Californian]

Hadn’t heard that joke, love it! Shakin’s coming!

[taxesareforever]

Probably back to nuclear testing now that obama is in their back pocket.

[sonofstrangelove]

The Kamchatka Peninsula was born of fire. It is apart of the Pacific plate along “The Ring of Fire”.