A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula region of Russia on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 140 km (86.99 miles), EMSC added.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake was recorded at around 3:35 p.m. local time, at a depth of approximately 140 kilometres. Its epicentre was about 123 kilometres southwest of the city of Vilyuchinsk in Russia’s Far East.
No tsunami warning was issued following the earthquake. The US National Tsunami Warning Center said the tremor posed no tsunami threat. However, no immediate details were available regarding possible damage or casualties.
Meanwhile, Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) mistakenly issued an early warning indicating a magnitude 9.9 earthquake. The alert warned of the possibility of strong shaking across a wide area of the country. However, according to information cited by BNO News, the agency’s actual measurement put the earthquake’s magnitude at 6.9.
