An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck the Kamchatka region in Russia's far east. The Russian Academy of Sciences said in a statement today that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km, and its epicenter was 120 km from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the administrative center of the region which has a population of more than 160,000 people. There have been no reports of casualties, injuries or material damages as a result of the earthquake. The same region witnessed a 7-magnitude earthquake last Saturday, along with the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano the following day. Source: Oman News Agency
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