An earthquake struck Russia today, August 9. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter Scale, hit 267 km East South East of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia today at 19:34:07. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) also confirmed the news and said that the tremor occurred at 19:33:54 IST at a depth of 10 km, with its epicentre located at latitude 49.94°N and longitude 162.70°E. However, NCS said that a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Russia's Kuril Islands. So far, there have been no reports of any injuries or casualties. Russia Earthquake: Doctors Continue Surgery As 8.8-Magnitude Quake Shakes Kamchatka Hospital, CCTV Video Goes Viral.

Earthquake Hits Russia

Quake Strikes Russia's Kuril Islands

(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, fact checks and information from social media world, including Twitter (X), Instagram and Youtube. The above post contains publicly available embedded media, directly from the user's social media account and the views appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY.)