Powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude jolts Kamchatka, Russia, tsunami warning issued
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka region on Saturday. The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ). GFZ said that the depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers.
At the same time, the US Geological Survey has said that the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.4 and the depth was 39.5 kilometers.
After this earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System has expressed the danger of a possible tsunami.
The quake’s epicentre was located 111.7 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 39 km, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Series of strong quakes in the region
In July, the Kamchatka Peninsula was also hit by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that caused widespread concern. The quake struck at a depth of around 19 kilometres and was centred about 125 kilometres east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
The July quake triggered tsunami waves as high as four metres, damaging several areas across the Pacific, according to Reuters. Authorities in eastern Russia ordered evacuations along the coast after the alert.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the first tsunami wave, measuring about 30 centimetres, reached Nemuro on the eastern coast of Hokkaido.
According to the USGS, the July earthquake was shallow, with a depth of 19.3 kilometres (12 miles). Its epicentre was located near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city of about 165,000 people on Avacha Bay.