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VLADIVOSTOK(National Times)- A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Avacha Bay area off Russia\u2019s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, as the region continues to experience aftershocks following a series of powerful quakes over the weekend, local authorities reported. According to the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the quake occurred at 1:59 p.m. local time (0159 GMT) at a depth of 51.2 km, approximately 170 km from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Many residents in the city reported feeling the tremor, the agency said on its official Telegram channel.Russia\u2019s Emergency Situations Ministry in Kamchatka confirmed that the aftershock was felt with an intensity of up to 4 on the local scale in both Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the nearby town of Vilyuchinsk. No tsunami warning was issued following the event. Sunday saw a powerful series of earthquakes across Kamchatka, with the strongest registering a magnitude of 7.6. Videos circulated on social media showed goods falling from store shelves and furniture shaking violently inside homes. After the second major quake on Sunday, authorities temporarily issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific coastal areas, which was lifted a few hours later.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VLADIVOSTOK(National Times)- A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Avacha Bay area off Russia\u2019s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, as the region continues to experience aftershocks following a series of powerful quakes over the weekend, local authorities reported. 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