Moscow, January 12 (QNA) - An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia.
The US Geological Survey reported that the quake occurred at a depth of 75.5 km.
Last August, the Kamchatka region of Russia recorded 50 earthquakes, one of which measured 6.5 on the Richter scale.
The Kamchatka Peninsula lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a broad arc-shaped region of intense seismic and volcanic activity. (QNA)