Magnitude 6.3 quake causes no damage in Russia

Russia8217;s Emergency Situations Ministry says that a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the Pacific off the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has caused no casualties or damage.

The ministry said in a statement that the epicenter of today8217;s quake was located about 65 kilometers east of the Kamchatka coast at a depth of 69 kilometers. It said that the temblor was felt as a magnitude 4 in the provincial capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and other nearby areas.

The ministry said there was no threat of tsunami. The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.9. Russia8217;s seismic station in Obninsk near Moscow reported the same magnitude.