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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Russia’s Kamchatka region

20 June 2026 09:43

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka region on Saturday (June 20) morning, according to seismologists.

The tremor hit Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, with the epicentre located around 140 kilometres east-south-east of the city, In Space reported. The quake originated at a depth of approximately 35 kilometres.

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Russia’s Kamchatka region

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