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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes near east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region, GFZ says

Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes near east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region, GFZ says

Reuters5 days ago
July 20 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near the coast of the Kamchatka region in the far east of Russia on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. It initially reported a magnitude of 6.2 for the earthquake.
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