7 Dec 2012 13:31

No tsunami threat for Russia's Kamchatka - emergencies ministry

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY. Dec 7 (Interfax) - A tsunami alert has not been issued for Russia's Kamchatka following a powerful earthquake off the eastern coast of Japan's Honshu Island.

"There is no tsunami threat for Kamchatka," local emergencies service spokesperson Yulia Ananyeva told Interfax on Friday.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Honshu Island on Friday, U.S. seismologists have reported.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 30 kilometers in the Pacific Ocean.

The quake was felt in Tokyo, located several hundred kilometers southwest of the epicenter.

A tsunami warning was issued for the Miyagi Prefecture.