“The seismic event occurred on Monday night, local time. Its focus lies at a depth of 61 km. The epicenter was located 220 km north-east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, ”said a representative of the seismological department.
Information about the victims, the destruction of infrastructure and the threat of the tsunami has been reported.
Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 occurred off the coast of Alaska.