Japan’s Kuril Islands
Mapping: 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 …








