Quake of magnitude 7.2 hits off coast of Russia's Kamchatka region, says EMSC


(Reuters) - A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region at a depth of 51 km (32 miles), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday.

The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said there was a tsunami threat from the quake.

(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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