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Source: HT
Context: An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Japan’s Kuril Islands.
The Kuril Islands stretch from Japan’s Hokkaido to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, separating the Okhotsk Sea from the North Pacific Ocean. They are part of the Pacific’s Ring of Fire, with over 100 volcanoes, 35 active, and numerous hot springs. The Southern Kuril Islands are disputed between Russia and Japan (Russia calls them Kuril Islands; Japan refers to them as Northern territories)
