Moscow: A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck Wednesday near the eastern coast of Kamchatka peninsula, east Russia.
In a statement, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the quake’s epicenter occurred 199 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 10 kilometers, with no reports of human or material losses yet.
The Kamchatka Peninsula is located above the “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific Ocean, an area extending in the form of a wide arc and witnessing seismic and volcanic activity.
Source: Qatar News Agency
