by EuroNews with AP
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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says that after two earthquakes tsunami waves are no longer dangerous to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
According to the Kamchatka branch of the Uniform Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences, its epicenter was 115 km from the region’s capital, Petropavlovlovsk-Kamchatsky.
According to the US Geological Survey, the larger earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km, 144 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city.
A few minutes ago, an earthquake of 6.7 was recorded nearby.
The PTWC initially said there was a risk of a major tsunami wave, but later downgraded the warning after saying it was over.
According to Russian media, the trembling was felt for about a minute, causing people to run out of buildings. Media outlets in key departments of the area’s emergency ministry said experts would begin inspecting the buildings as soon as possible.
Local Services now in high alert mode. There was no immediate information about possible damages or victims.
On November 4, 1952, Kamchatka’s magnitude 9.0 earthquake caused damage, but no deaths were reported despite stopping the 9.1 metre waves in Hawaii.