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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off eastern Russian coast

 Published: 11:05, 18 August 2024

Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off eastern Russian coast

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula late on Saturday, according to local media.

'The magnitude stood at 7.0. The earthquake's intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (regional administrative center) was 6.0, according to preliminary estimates,' Russia's state news agency TASS reported, citing the local branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. No significant damage has been reported so far.

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