PETROPAVOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck the Pacific off Russia’s far eastern coast near a major naval base early Sunday, but no damage or injuries were reported.
The earthquake triggered a tsunami warning which was later lifted.
The earthquake occurred 29 kilometers (18 miles) below the surface and its epicenter was about 102 kilometers (63 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is a port city of over 181,000 people surrounded by volcanoes and located across a bay from a major Russian submarine base.
The U.S. National Weather Service’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu initially warned that dangerous tsunami waves were possible on shorelines within 300 miles (480 kilometers) of the quake’s epicenter, but later announced that the threat had ended.
The center said minor sea level fluctuations could occur in some coastal areas near the earthquake site for several hours.
