The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre announced the end of a tsunami threat to Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after five strong earthquakes, the largest at 7.4 magnitude, struck offshore. Initial tsunami warnings were downgraded as the situation stabilized.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued a warning for Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after two quakes — the larger with a magnitude of 7.4 — struck in the sea nearby on Sunday. The larger quake was at a depth of 20 kilometers and was 144 kilometers east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 180,000.