A strong earthquake deep under the sea has been reported near the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russiaâ„¢s Far East, with no immediate reports of casualties.
The epicenter of the earthquake on Friday was located in the Sea of Okhotsk to the west of Kamchatka, around 600 kilometers (380 miles) under the sea.
Anatoly Tsygankov of the state Roshydromet environmental monitoring service told Russian media, Å“There were repercussions of the quake in Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow and Europe, in particular Romania. Practically the whole continent shook.”
A tsunami warning was issued in the Sakhalin region after the quake, but the alert was lifted several minutes later.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was of a magnitude of 8.2, but Russian authorities put the size of the earthquake at 6.7 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake was also felt in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which is the main city on the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Sakhalin Island, where Russiaâ„¢s largest liquefied natural gas project is located.
On April 21, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck the eastern coast of Russia, about 98 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of the city of Severo-Kurilsk city, near the sparsely populated Russian-administered Kuril Islands,.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV