Overview

• Russia’s strongest quake in the region since 1952 struck 78 miles east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at about 11 miles depth on July 29, and was followed by six aftershocks up to magnitude 6.9.
• CCTV footage from a Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky oncology center shows surgeons calmly securing their patient and equipment as the tremors shook the operating room.
• The patient emerged from surgery out of danger and is recovering, and Kamchatka’s governor plans to present the medical team with state awards for courage and dedication.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov credited solid building construction and smoothly functioning alert systems for preventing casualties across the sparsely populated peninsula.
• Tsunami warnings issued for Japan, Alaska and Hawaii have been downgraded to advisories as wave heights fell below threat levels and aftershocks continue to be monitored.