Tsunami Threat Ends After Powerful Quakes Rock Russia’s Kamchatka Coast
Tsunami Threat Ends After Powerful Quakes Rock Russia’s Kamchatka Coast A potential tsunami threat has concluded for Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula following a series of powerful earthquakes, including a 7.4 magnitude tremor, that struck off its Pacific coast. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) confirmed that the danger of significant tsunami waves has now passed. The largest quake, registering at magnitude 7.4, occurred at a depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles), approximately 144 kilometers (89 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city…