Powerful quake strikes off Russian coast

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck in the Sea of Okhotsk off the east Russian coast early Tuesday, US monitors said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.

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Published 14 August 2012 2:49pm

Updated 26 August 2013 10:48am

Source: AFP

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The quake occurred at 0259 GMT some 158 kilometers (100 miles) east-north-east of Poronaysk, Russia, at a comparatively deep 625 kilometers (390 miles) down, the US Geological Survey said in an initial report.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a first and final bulletin that based on all available data a destructive tsunami was not expected.

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