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

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

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.

Earthquake causes violent shaking of buildings and triggers tsunami warning