{"id":277432,"date":"2025-07-20T13:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/277432\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T13:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:21:11","slug":"magnitude-7-4-earthquake-hits-russias-kamchatka-peninsula-tsunami-threat-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/277432\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude-7.4 earthquake hits Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami threat cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) <\/strong>says there is no longer a danger of tsunami waves hitting Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula after five powerful earthquakes \u2014 the largest with a magnitude of 7.4 \u2014 struck in nearby waters on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The largest quake was at a depth of 20 kilometres and was 144 kilometres east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 180,000.<\/p>\n

The smaller \u2014 but still substantial \u2014 quakes were recorded before and after, including a <\/strong>quake with a magnitude of 6.7.<\/p>\n

The PTWC initially said there was a danger of major tsunami waves but later downgraded its warning before finally saying the danger had passed.<\/p>\n

Russia’s Emergencies Ministry also issued a tsunami warning following the largest quake, urging residents of coastal settlements to stay away from the shore.<\/p>\n

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and the ministry said it had no immediate plans to evacuate residents.<\/p>\n

An earlier tsunami warning for Hawaii was also cancelled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) indicated twin earthquakes of more than magnitude-6.5 struck near the coast of Kamchatka, in Russia’s far east, early on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It measured the quakes at 6.6 and 6.7 and the depth of both at 10 kilometres.<\/p>\n

Measurements of earthquakes often vary in the first hours after they occur.<\/p>\n

There were no immediate reports of casualties.<\/p>\n

Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported, citing local emergency services, that waves of up to 60cm could reach the sparsely populated Aleutsky District on the Commander Islands.<\/p>\n

Waves of up to 40cm may affect the Ust-Kamchatsky region in eastern Kamchatka, while the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky urban district \u2014 the most densely populated area in the south-eastern part of the peninsula and home to the regional capital \u2014 might see waves of up to 15cm.<\/p>\n

On November 4, 1952, a magnitude-9.0 quake in Kamchatka caused damage but no reported deaths despite setting off 9.1-meter waves in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

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