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An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude has struck Russia's Kuril Islands on Sunday morning, the German Research Center for Geosciences said, triggering a tsunami warning for the coast of Kamchatka.
Russian officials predicted a tsunami wave of up to 19 centimeters (7.5 inches) affecting a section of the Kamchatka coast.
"According to calculations by the Kamchatka Tsunami Warning and Monitoring Center, as a result of the earthquake that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, a tsunami wave no more than 19 centimeters high may reach the Aleutian municipal district, no more than 15 centimeters high may reach the Ust-Kamchatsky municipal district, and no more than 3 centimeters high may reach the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky urban district," a report by Kamchatka Tsunami Warning and Monitoring Center said.
The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake was at a magnitude of 7.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning System, which also gauged the quake at 7.0, said there was no tsunami warning for the island of Hawaii after the quake.
This is the second such earthquake reported from near Russia in a little over a week.
This is a developing story and will be updated
