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Moscow: Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry says that a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the Pacific off the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has caused no casualties or damage. [caption id=“attachment_644296” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Image used for representation. AP[/caption] The ministry said in a statement that the epicenter of today’s quake was located about 65 kilometers east of the Kamchatka coast at a depth of 69 kilometers. It said that the temblor was felt as a magnitude 4 in the provincial capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and other nearby areas. The ministry said there was no threat of tsunami. The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.9. Russia’s seismic station in Obninsk near Moscow reported the same magnitude. AP
Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry says that a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the Pacific off the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has caused no casualties or damage.
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