Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 hits Kamchatka

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

Vladivostok, July 20 /Xinhua/ — An earthquake measuring 6.8 in magnitude was registered 167 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. This is the fourth earthquake in a row in the area, TASS reported, citing the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

“An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 occurred 167 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,” seismologists reported, adding that the data is being processed and updated.

Sirens were reported to be sounding in the city warning of a tsunami. –0–

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