Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hits Russia
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday struck Russia's eastern Kamchatka peninsula in the Bering Sea at a depth of 22.8 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. However, Russia's Emergencies Ministry declared that there was no tsunami threat due to the quake. The earthquake happened in the vicinity of a volcano which was recently activated after being inactive for 250 years.