Overview

• USGS located the earthquake about 111 kilometers east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at a depth of roughly 40 kilometers.
• The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially warned of dangerous waves within 300 kilometers of the epicenter.
• Authorities later lifted the tsunami warning after the initial alert period.
• The Kamchatka Peninsula sits at the convergence of the Pacific and North American plates, making it one of the world’s most seismically active regions.
• A July magnitude‑8.8 quake in the area prompted widespread tsunami warnings and generated surges reported up to about four meters.