5.4-magnitude quake hits Russia

22 December,2017 09:55 PM IST |  Moscow  |  IANS

The spot of the quake was a point 152 km northeast of the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy


An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale was recorded in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula early on Saturday (local time), the US Geological Survey said.

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The spot of the quake was a point 152 km northeast of the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Xinhua reported.

The epicentre, with a depth of 45.58 km, was initially determined to be at 53.8365 degrees north latitude and 160.5303 degrees east longitude.

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