Powerful earthquake hits off far east coast of Russia, though no early reports of damage

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The earthquake struck at a depth of nearly 50 kilometres (30 miles) just after 7am local time, some 90 kilometres east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the United States Geological Survey reported.
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The Shiveluch volcano is around 280 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city with a population of about 181,000 that lies in Russia’s eastern region of Kamchatka.
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Following the quake, the US National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami threat, with the possibility of waves reaching up to 1 meter (3 feet) above tide level along parts of Russia’s eastern coast.
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