A strong 7.4 -magnitude earthquake, today, Sunday, off the coast of Kamchatka in the Russian Far East, leading to a tsunami warning issue with waves that will not exceed 60 cmaccording to Moscow. Many aftershocks followed, one at 6.7 Richter.

“Following a series of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean, there may be a tsunami with waves that will not exceed 60cm,” the Russian Ministry of Emergency said in a Telegram post.

The epicenter of the earthquake was detected in Pacific Oceanabout 150 kilometers from the Russian city of Petrovavlovsk-Kamtsacski, the capital of the Kamcatka region, according to the US Institute of Geophysical USGS.

Waves from the earthquake may reach the Commander Komadorski Islands or Governor’s Islandsmainly the village of Nicolekogi.

In the areas of Ust Kamsatski, in the eastern part of Kamchatka’s peninsula, and Petrovavlovsk-Kamtsacsky, the most densely populated urban area located in the southeast of the peninsula, the waves could reach, respectively, the respectively, the max, 40 and 15 cm, According to the Russian Ministry of Emergency.

This recommended the inhabitants of these areas to they are removed from the coast and to resort to areas with an altitude of at least 30 meters or if not possible, in places at least 2 kilometers from the coast. He also recommended on ships in ports or coastal waters to head to the ocean.

At the same time the US tsunami warning center It canceled the warning of the state of Hawaii.

Kamchatka’s peninsula where they meet two tectonic plates is one of the most earthquakes of the planet.

Since 1900 seven very strong earthquakes-8.3 degrees or larger-have noted along this peninsula.