Kuwait city: A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck near the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the quake's epicenter was 127 kilometers (79 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and it struck at 6:58 a.m. Friday local time, as reported by the USGS. It had a depth of 19.5 kilometers. The Pacific Tsunami Warning System briefly issued a tsunami warning but later lifted it.
The initial quake was followed by a series of aftershocks of up to magnitude 5.8. The remote Kamchatka region has experienced a series of powerful earthquakes, including quakes of magnitude-7.4 last week and another one in July.