Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes Russia's Kuril Islands, no tsunami threat
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Russia 's Kuril Islands on Sunday day, the German Research Center for Geosciences said.The agency initially had pegged the earthquake at 6.35 magnitude, with a 10-km (6.2-mile) depth.The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake was at a magnitude of 7. The Pacific Tsunami Warning System , which also gauged the quake at 7.0, said there was no tsunami warning after the quake.
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