6.4 Magnitude Earthquake near Kamchatka

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale was registered off the coast of Kamchatka, the Kamchatka branch of the United Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported.

The statement said that the intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was estimated at about three on the Richter scale, TASS reported.

According to the Service, the epicenter of the earthquake was in the Pacific Ocean, 213 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 39 kilometers.

A powerful earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Kamchatka on Thursday, July 31. The earthquake was the strongest since 1952 and also caused a tsunami.

No one was killed in the earthquake, and several people suffered minor injuries.

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