Magnitude-7.4 earthquake rocks Russia’s east coast of Kamchatka
as tsunami warning called off. Quake comes days after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake*, the sixth strongest ever recorded, hit the region.
* 2025 Kamchatka earthquake - 8.8
On 30 July 2025, at 11:24:52 PETT (29 July, 23:24:52 UTC), a Mw 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula...
Saturday 13 September 2025 02:05 EDT
File: Drone footage shows tsunami waves flooding Russian coastal town following earthquake
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey.
The US Tsunami warning system issued a threat following the quake, but it was later called off.
The quake comes after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, the sixth strongest ever recorded, hit the region in July.
The USGS reported that the latest quake’s epicentre was 111.7km (69.3 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and at a depth of about 39km (24 miles).
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