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8.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Russia's Far East

Written: 2013-05-24 15:49:32Updated: 2013-05-24 17:34:13

International media report an eight-point-two magnitude earthquake has struck Russia's Far East with mild tremors being felt as far west as Moscow.

Reuters reports the U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula.

The report continued that the USGS said the epicentre of the quake was located 244 miles northwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy at a depth of 385 miles.

The Associated Press said emergency agencies in the region issued a tsunami warning for Sakhalin and the Kuril islands but lifted it a short time later.

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