Russia’s Kamchatka region hit by magnitude 5 earthquake

A magnitude 5 earthquake has been recorded in Russia’s Kamchatka Krai, according to the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

It said the earthquake occurred about 500 kilometres from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Caliber.Az reports, citing Russian media.

The epicentre was located at a depth of 43.6 kilometres.

No damage or casualties have been reported so far.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov