Magnitude 7 earthquake hits off Russia, US authorities issue tsunami warning

The earthquake occurred at a depth of nearly 50 kilometers in the waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula, about 90 kilometers east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

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The Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. (GOOGLE MAPS)

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East on Sunday morning, August 18, the US seismological service USGS reported, with US authorities issuing a tsunami warning.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of nearly 50 kilometers in the waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula, about 90 kilometers east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.


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