Major quake hits region of Okhotsk Sea

A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 hit the region of the Sea of Okhotsk on early Saturday.

WASHINGTON: A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 hit the region of the Sea of Okhotsk on early Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported.

The epicentre of the quake, at a depth of 605 kilometres, was said to be 384 kilometres (239 miles) west-northwest of the Russian far eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. It occurred at 0212 GMT, the USGS said.


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