"An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred at a depth of 60 km, the epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean, 179 km east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky," the report said.
Information about the destruction and the threat of the tsunami has not been reported. It is noted that residents of nearby settlements did not feel tremors.
Earlier, seismologists recorded an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Republic of Vanuatu.