WEB DESK: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region at a depth of 51 km (32 miles).
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said there was a tsunami threat from the quake.
But the Kamchatka branch of Russia’s emergency ministry reported that there was no threat of tsunami and that the recorded aftershocks from the quake ranged in their magnitude from 3.9 to 5.0.
“Most of the aftershocks are imperceptible,” the regional emergency authority apprise
Earlier this month, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast, the United States Geological Survey said, with the island’s government confirming there were no reports of major damage.
