The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred 18 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Its epicenter was about 63 miles east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

The Shiveluch volcano is around 280 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city with a population of about 180,000 that lies in Russia’s eastern region of Kamchatka.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) identified the quake's epicenter as roughly 55 miles away from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at a depth of about 30 miles.

Shiveluch volcano, with a height of 10,770 feet about 280 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city in Russia’s eastern region of Kamchatka, erupted after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake on ...

PETROPAVOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia (AP) ... 2024, the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano is seen in Kamchatka Peninsula, about 500 km (310 miles) north to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

Hours later, at 7:10 p.m. UTC, the magnitude 7 earthquake occurred near the east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which is 280 miles away from the volcano.

The earthquake struck about 63 miles east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and occurred 18 miles below the surface, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake struck at a depth of nearly 50 kilometers just after 7 a.m. local time, some 90 kilometers east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the United States Geological Survey reported.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is a port city of more than 181,000 people surrounded by volcanoes and sits across a bay from an important Russian submarine base.

Massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia's east as authorities issue tsunami warning. Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka region has been rocked by a 7.2 ...

The Shiveluch volcano is around 280 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a coastal city with a population of about 180,000 that lies in Russia’s eastern region of Kamchatka.