The earthquake in the Russian region was confirmed Thursday by the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to seismologists, the earthquake struck at about 5:01 a.m. local time (17:31 PM GMT).
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) has issued a tsunami alert within a radius of some 186 miles from the epicentre.
Strong 7.4 #Earthquake in Russia / 6.0 mi deep pic.twitter.com/TQcASCPJPg
— Carlos Ramirez (@LpdlcRamirez) 20 декабря 2018 г.
At the moment, there is no information about any victims in the incident.