Overview

• The USGS measured the offshore earthquake at magnitude 7.8 about 128 kilometers east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at a depth of 10 kilometers.
• The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued alerts for potentially dangerous waves along nearby coastlines.
• Kamchatka governor Vladimir Solodov said residents were alerted and urged calm, reporting no damage so far.
• Russia’s local geophysical service estimated magnitude 7.4 and recorded at least five aftershocks.
• Videos on Russian social media showed buildings shaking, as the region continues a period of elevated seismic activity following a larger late-July quake.