Moscow, Sep 13 || A massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region on Saturday, prompting a tsunami warning.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the tremor hit 111 kilometres (69 miles) east of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the administrative centre of the Kamchatka region, at a depth of 39.5 km.
Following the earthquake, local authorities of the Kamchatka territory issued a tsunami threat.
“The threat of a tsunami has been declared. We ask you to be especially careful when visiting the Khalaktyr beach and other tsunami-dangerous areas, ” the governor of the Kamchatka Territory, Vladimir Solodov, wrote on his Telegram channel.
The governor advised residents to stay calm and follow updates from official sources.