A large deep earthquake occurred off the west coast of Kamchatka on 24th November 2008 at 08:02 pm, local time. The focus was located in the Sea of Okhotsk at a depth of 487 km. The closest volcano to the earthquake epicentre is Khangar, 200 km NE. About 100 active volcanoes are located within 500 km of the earthquake epicentre in Kamchatka peninsula and northern Kurile Islands.
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