6.7 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

RUSSIA – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Russia‘s Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday morning according to the Academy of Sciences, just a day after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit.

The epicenter was located 178 kilometers (110 miles) from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the administrative center of the Kamchatka region, the Unified Geophysical Service (UGS) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) said on Telegram.

Tremors were felt in the city, where several buildings collapsed, according to the regional office of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.

There were no casualties reported.