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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6 took place on Sunday in the Russian Peninsula Kamceatka, in the region where, on July 30, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8, the largest after 1952, EFE reports, according to Agerpres.
The earthquake on Saturday occurred 215 kilometers from the capital Kamceatka, at a depth of 33 kilometers.
Emergency services are in a constant alert after the earthquake on July 30, given that the authorities have warned that replicas may occur for at least one month.
The July 30 earthquake caused the simultaneous eruption of seven volcanoes in the Russian Kamceatka Peninsula, a premiere in almost 300 years. The Bezimianni, Kambalni, Karimsky, Kliucesky, Kraşeninikov, Mutnovski and Avacinski had not been active in the same time, when an earthquake occurred in the region.
After the earthquake, Tsunami alerts were issued in 13 countries: USA, Japan, Philippines, Russia, Canada, Ecuador, Indonesia, Peru, Colombia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanatu and China.
Even a base of nuclear submarines from the Russian Far East was damaged, according to the satellite images analyzed by the New York Times, according to Reuters.
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