OAN Staff Abril Elfi
4:42 PM – Saturday, August 17, 2024
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck the east coast of Russia prompting a tsunami warning.
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The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre stated that the quake was recorded at a depth of around 32 miles.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that it struck at 8:10 p.m. UK time, about 50 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city with a population estimated to be over 150,000.
According to the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center, the earthquake posed a risk of tsunamis.
The tsunami warning stated that waves “reaching 0.3m-1m” above tide level could occur in certain Russian coastal areas only.
It further stated that any potential tsunami or powerful waves would probably occur between 8.30 and 9 p.m. UK time.
The USGS did note, though, that the effects on potential…
