VLADIVOSTOK, July 22 : A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Avacha Bay area off Russia\u2019s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, as the region continues to experience aftershocks following a series of powerful quakes over the weekend, local authorities reported.<\/p>\n
According to the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the quake occurred at 1:59 p.m. local time (0159 GMT) at a depth of 51.2 km, approximately 170 km from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Many residents in the city reported feeling the tremor, the agency said on its official Telegram channel.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s Emergency Situations Ministry in Kamchatka confirmed that the aftershock was felt with an intensity of up to 4 on the local scale in both Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the nearby town of Vilyuchinsk. No tsunami warning was issued following the event.<\/p>\n
Sunday saw a powerful series of earthquakes across Kamchatka, with the strongest registering a magnitude of 7.6. Videos circulated on social media showed goods falling from store shelves and furniture shaking violently inside homes.<\/p>\n
After the second major quake on Sunday, authorities temporarily issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific coastal areas, which was lifted a few hours later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
VLADIVOSTOK, July 22 : A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Avacha Bay area off Russia\u2019s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, as the region continues to experience aftershocks following a series of powerful quakes over the weekend, local authorities reported. According to the Kamchatka branch of the […]<\/p>\n
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