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Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 strikes Russia's Kamchatka coast
According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake in Russia was at a depth of 28 km (17.4 miles).
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the east coast of the Kamchatka region in Russia on Tuesday.
According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake was at a depth of 28 km (17.4 miles). A shallow earthquake is more dangerous as it is more prone to aftershocks.
The earthquake struck 1650 km east of Russia's Komsomolsk-on-Amur at around 2:07 PM local time on Tuesday (7:37 AM IST). The EMSC reported another tremor of magnitude 5.3 just eight minutes after the first one and then a third of magnitude 4.5 soon after that.
This comes days after three powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia’s Far East on Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, as reported by news agency AFP.
The first quake, with a magnitude of 5.0, was followed by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake at 07:07 UTC, located 151 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 8.7 km, according to the USGS.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region at 06:49 UTC, around 144 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 20 km. Following this stronger quake, the USGS issued a warning that hazardous tsunami waves are possible within 300 kilometres (186 miles) of the epicentre in the Pacific.
This is the same region where Tuesday's tremors have been felt.
Earthquake in Alaska
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 was recorded off the East Coast of Kamchatka, the National Center for Seismology (NCS), reported on Tuesday.
According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 7:30 AM (Indian Standard Time), at a depth of 50 kilometres.
"EQ of M: 6.3, On: 22/07/2025 07:29:38 IST, Lat: 52.50 N, Long: 160.53 E, Depth: 50 Km, Location: Off East Coast of Kamchatka", NCS wrote on X.
As per the NCS, the location of the earthquake was 1550 km West of Andreanof Islands, Alaska
