Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Russia’s coast

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the region of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky near Russia on Thursday, said US Geological Survey, which prompted Tsunamis opinions for certain parts of Alaska.

Initially, an opinion of tsunami was published for the Alaska Alautian islands, but it was canceled, according to the USGS.

Vladimir Solodov, governor of the Kamchatka region of Russia, said local time on Friday, a warning from Tsunami had been issued for the area off the east coast of the peninsula after the earthquake.

Solodov, writing on the Telegram messaging application, said residents were warned of the danger, but there had been no damage report.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of the National Weather Service American said that there was no threat of tsunami for Hawaii.

There was no threat to tsunami for British Columbia or Canada after the earthquake, officials said.

On July 30, an earthquake of amplitude of 8.8, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck the Far East of Russia, which encouraged Tsunami warnings in the coastal cities of several countries.

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