This was clarified by the Emergency Ministry

The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Russia’s Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region at a depth of 10 kilometers...

The epicenter was located 125 km northeast from the region’s administrative center, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at the depth of 40 kilometers

"This is one of a series of aftershocks that have been going on continuously since July 30," Governor Vladimir Solodov said

The tsunami threat is still in effect

Residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vilyuchinsk felt tremors with a force of 6 points

7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Kamchatka region, USGS reports, with no immediate damage reported.

This was clarified by the Emergency Ministry

The US Geological Survey described the quake as an ‘aftershock’ from a massive magnitude 8.8 quake that struck in July.