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Posted on November 3, 2025
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A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southeast coast of Kamchatka, Russia, at a depth of 24 km, according to the USGS. Initial reports by GFZ estimated a 6.4 magnitude.
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the south-east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said.
The quake was at a depth of 24 km (14.91 miles), USGS said.
GFZ had earlier pegged the earthquake at 6.4 magnitude.
(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in BengaluruEditing by Ros Russell)
An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
Magnitude is a measure of the energy released during an earthquake, typically measured on the Richter scale or moment magnitude scale.
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