A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck early Saturday near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake’s epicenter was 111.7 kilometers (69.3 miles) east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and had a depth of 39 kms, according to the USGS. There were no immediate reports of injuries…

The US National Weather Service's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had said earlier there was a threat of a possible tsunami from the earthquake.