Earthquake jolts coast of Russia's Kamchatka

Seismologists registered a magnitude 4.3 earthquake off the southeast coast of Kamchatka.

The information was published by the US Geological Survey, Gazeta.ru reports.

According to the scientific organization, the tremors were recorded 189.6 kilometres from the town of Vilyuchinsk, which is home to more than 21,000 people.

The earthquake origin was located at a depth of 10 kilometres.

No casualties or destruction have been reported. No tsunami threat has been declared.