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A
magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit waters off Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin on
Tuesday
The US
Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 7.7, while the Russian
ministry put it at 6.3.
"There have been no victims or damage," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the quake was felt as magnitude 2 to 3 shocks in towns and villages on Sakhalin.
"There have been no victims or damage," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the quake was felt as magnitude 2 to 3 shocks in towns and villages on Sakhalin.
In Japan,
the Meteorological Agency also reported that there was no risk of a tsunami
from the quake. Its readings showed the quake was mildly felt on the northern
Japanese island of Hokkaido and in the northeastern section of Honshu, Japan's
main island.
The
quake was rated 3 on the Japanese seismic scale of 1-7.
Good
to know the natural disaster only happened to “nature”…not human beings and their
property - db
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