MOSCOW, Jan 30, 2016 (AFP) - A strong earthquake of at least a 7.0 magnitude struck in Russia’s Far East on Saturday morning, US and Russian scientists said, sending tremors across the coastal peninsula.
The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 0325 GMT at a depth of 160 kilometres (100 miles), about 95 kilometres northeast of the Russian town of Yelizovo in the mountainous Kamchatka Krai region. It put the magnitude at 7.0.
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