Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Russia’s eastern coast
It was unclear if the quake had led to casualties.
An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck off the coast of Russia’s eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Saturday.
It was unclear if the quake had led to casualties.
The epicentre of the quake, which took place at a depth of about 39 km, was 111 km east of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city. The earthquake struck at about 8 am Indian time, according to the United States Geological Survey.
An earthquake of magnitude 8.7 struck off the Kamchatka region on July 30. The quake had led to tsunami waves reaching several countries along the Pacific Ocean.
