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Strong quake measuring 7.7 strikes Russian coast

By Anita
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Sydney, Aug 14: A strong earthquake has jolted the Sea of Okhotsk off the east Russian coast early today, the US Geological Survey said. The quake measured 7.7 in the Richter scale.

The tremors were so strong that it was felt as far as Tokyo. The quake occurred at 0259 GMT some 158 kilometers east of Poronaysk, Russia, with the epicenter a comparatively deep 625 kilometers down, the US Geological Survey said in an initial report.

Japan's Meteorological agency said the tremor was felt throughout the country's northern island of Hokkaido, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a first and final bulletin that a destructive tsunami was not expected. The earthquake caused a jolt in the Japanese capital Tokyo, AFP journalists said. The area around Japan is regularly hit by powerful quakes and is the site of the convergence of several of the Earth's tectonic plates.

OneIndia News
(With inputs from AFP)

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