5.4-magnitude quake hits Russia

New York, Dec 22 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale was recorded in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula early on Saturday (local time), the US Geological Survey said.

The spot of the quake was a point 152 km northeast of the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Xinhua reported.

The epicentre, with a depth of 45.58 km, was initially determined to be at 53.8365 degrees north latitude and 160.5303 degrees east longitude.

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