7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Russia's Kamchatka, Tsunami warning lifted
PTC News Desk: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) confirmed there was no tsunami risk. According to the USGS, the quake’s epicenter was 111 kilometers (69 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the regional capital, at a depth of 39.5 kilometers. The agency had initially recorded the quake at 7.5 magnitude before revising it downward.
The PTWC had earlier cautioned that “hazardous” waves up to one meter (3.3 feet) could affect parts of Russia’s nearby coastline, but later announced the tsunami threat had passed.
Just two months earlier, in July, the Kamchatka peninsula was rocked by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded—an 8.8-magnitude tremor that generated waves up to four meters high across the Pacific.
That event triggered mass evacuations, with Japan ordering nearly two million residents to move to higher ground, and led to tsunami warnings across the region before they were either lifted or downgraded.
- With inputs from agencies
