Another major quake strikes Russia’s coast, no tsunami threat to Canada

Significant earthquakes continue off the Russian coast after the major 8.8 quake at the end of July

Another major earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday.

The 7.8-magnitude temblor is the strongest aftershock to follow the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that hit the region on July 29.

Officials announced on Thursday afternoon that there was no tsunami threat to Canada or the U.S. West Coast.

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Thursday’s earthquake struck about 130 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city of about 160,000 residents on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

The United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) website shows that the city likely experienced moderate to strong shaking during this latest quake.

NOAA’s Tsunami Warning Center analyzed the tsunami threat and concluded that there was no threat of a tsunami along the West Coast, including B.C. and the United States. However, a tsunami advisory was in effect for portions of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

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This was the twentieth earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 or higher to strike the region since the main 8.8 quake occurred on July 29.

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