Massive Kamchatka earthquake has extended rupture that overlaps 1952 event, researchers find

Researchers combining two methods to reconstruct the rupture evolution of the July 2025 magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake found the rupture from the megathrust event extended about 500 kilometers (311 miles) from its epicenter.

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