Strong Quake Strikes Near Russia’s Kamchatka, No Tsunami Risk
A powerful earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Saturday, but officials confirmed there was no threat of a tsunami.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit about 111 kilometers (69 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the regional administrative center, at a depth of nearly 40 kilometers. The tremor was initially recorded at magnitude 7.5 but was later downgraded.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) initially cautioned that hazardous waves up to one meter (3.3 feet) could impact parts of Russia’s coast. However, it was later confirmed that the risk had passed.
This latest tremor comes just two months after a massive 8.8-magnitude quake rattled the Kamchatka region in July, sending waves as high as four meters across the Pacific. That disaster sparked widespread evacuations, with nearly two million people in Japan told to seek higher ground, and tsunami warnings issued as far as Hawaii.
The July quake was the strongest since 2011, when a devastating 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Japan triggered a tsunami that claimed over 15,000 lives.
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