Significant 7.0-scale seismic event occurs offshore eastern Russia's coast, as reported by the US Geological Survey.
As per the USGS's reports, the quake's epicenter was roughly 55 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city with an approximate population of 181,000. The quake happened around 30 miles below the earth's surface, striking early Sunday morning local time.
The US Tsunami Warning System has alerted about potential hazardous tsunami waves within a radius of approximately 300km (around 186 miles) from the epicenter, impacting Russia's coastal regions.
This is an evolving scenario, and further updates are expected.
The powerful earthquake has the potential to impact various parts of the world due to the Tsunami Warning System's alert. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami threat pose a significant concern to Russia's coastal populations and the world at large.
