On Monday, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the far eastern coast of Russia. Despite the earthquake striking at a depth of 100 km about 44 km south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Russia’s Pacific coast, there were no reports of a tsunami, casualties, or immediate destruction, according to Russia’s emergency ministry.
Media footage from the Kamchatka peninsula, located approximately 6,800 km east of Moscow, revealed cracks in buildings and broken bottles in supermarkets.
However, there was no major structural damage observed. The emergency ministry stated that operational groups of rescuers and firefighters were assessing the situation, and preliminary reports indicated that there were no casualties or destruction.
The Kamchatka Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Geophysical Survey recorded the earthquake’s magnitude as 6.9.
Initially, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6. However, as per the emergency ministry, the magnitude was 6.9.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System did not issue any warning about a potential tsunami after the earthquake.
