The epicenter of the earthquake in Kamceatka Photo: US Geological Survey
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 degrees took place in the waters of the Petopavlovk-Kamceațki region in the distant East of Russia, US Geological Survey (US Geological Survey), quoted by Reuters, announced. Subsequently, the governor of the region said that the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2 degrees.
The earthquake took place at a depth of 10 kilometers, the American institution said. The Tsunami Warning Center in Pacific in Hawaii did not issue a tsunami alert following the powerful earthquake.
In contrast, Vladimir Sodolov, the governor of the region, said that the Russian authorities issued a warning for Tsunami for the coastal area of the Kamceatka peninsula. For now, there is no information on damage or human victims, the Russian official said.
The earthquake occurs only five days after another very strong earthquake, 7.4, which took place in the same region. The earthquake took place at a depth of 39.5 km, 111 km east of the Russian port Petopavlovsk-Kamceațki, according to the American Seismological Service (USGS), the American tsunami alert system warning on a possible huge wave in the Pacific Ocean.
USGS initially evaluated the magnitude of the earthquake at 7.5, before re -evaluating it at 7.4.
In July, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever registered in the world, of magnitude 8.8 followed by a tsunami, took place in the same region, forcing millions of people to evacuate the coastal area throughout the Pacific to Japan to Ecuador, passing through the United States and Mexico.
The earthquake on July 30 was preceded by a gust of major earthquakes in the Russian East and was followed in August by several major earthquakes.
The Kamceatka Peninsula is the meeting point between the tectonic plates in Pacific and North America, which makes this region one of the most active seismic areas on the planet.
