A 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook the remote, sparsely populated Kamchatka region and set off tsunami waves. No serious injuries were reported, officials said.
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A 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook the remote, sparsely populated Kamchatka region and set off tsunami waves. No serious injuries were reported, officials said.
By Ivan Nechepurenko and Nataliya Vasilyeva
7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Kamchatka region, USGS reports, with no immediate damage reported.
The quake briefly triggered tsunami alerts at nearby coastlines, less than two months after a larger earthquake sent tsunami…
The US Geological Survey described the quake as an ‘aftershock’ from a massive magnitude 8.8 quake that struck in July.
The Japan Weather Agency said it expected a tsunami of up to 1 metre (3.3 feet) to reach large coastal areas starting around 0100…
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Quake strikes 136km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s far east, according to US Geological Survey.
