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Royce Kurmelovs

Magnitude 7.8 quake shakes Russia’s Far East region, prompts tsunami alert

A still image taken from a video on July 30, 2025, shows rescuers walking among debris in front of a damaged building in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Kamchatka, Russia [Handout/Russian Emergencies Ministry via EPA]

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck the Kamchatka region in Russia’s Far East in what the US Geological Survey has called an “aftershock” from a massive earlier quake in July.

The quake early on Friday triggered a series of tsunami warnings in the region, but despite waves reaching some shores, there were no reports of damage.

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