8.8m quake hits Russia, triggering tsunami warnings

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An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre was located at a depth of 20.7 kilometres and was centred 119 kilometres east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, it said on Wednesday. The earthquake was shallow and powerful enough to trigger waves or a tsunami. Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said on Telegram that the earthquake "was serious and the