Russia Earthquake: Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula region was struck by a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7 on Friday, informed the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), citing seismic data. As per the EMSC, the earthquake was recorded at around 3:35 pm local time and the seismic event occurred at a depth of 140 km (87 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was located around 123 km southwest of Vilyuchinsk in the eastern parts of Russia.

No Casualties Reported 

While the Kamchatka Peninsula region was struck by a powerful earthquake, no tsunami warning has been issued by the authorities yet. The US National Tsunami Warning Center clarified that the tremors posed no tsunami threats. Apart from this, following the earthquake, there are no immediate reports of severe damage or causalities.

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The magnitude and depth of the earthquake has varied slightly across monitoring agencies. While the EMSC recorded the magnitude at 6.9 in its detailed data, the NCS and NOAA reported a magnitude of 7.0.

The EMSC placed the earthquake approximately 146 km south-southwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city with a population of around 187,000, and 80 km north-northeast of Ozernovskiy, which has a population of around 2,600.

(Updates to follow)