MOSCOW: Three powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia’s far east on Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert, the US Geological Survey said.
Earlier 5.0-magnitude and 6.7-magnitude earthquakes did not initially trigger a tsunami alert, but were followed by a 7.4-magnitude quake at 0849 GMT, prompting the USGS to warn that “hazardous tsunami waves are possible” within 300 kilometers (186 miles) of the epicenter in the Pacific, off the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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Tsunami alert after powerful quakes strike off coast of Russia: USGS
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Tsunami alert after powerful quakes strike off coast of Russia: USGS
- Earlier 5.0-magnitude and 6.7-magnitude earthquakes did not initially trigger a tsunami alert
UK defense minister heads to Cyprus amid Middle East war
LONDON: Britain’s Defense Minister John Healey is headed to Cyprus, media reports said, following the outbreak of war in the Middle East and a drone strike on a UK air base on the Mediterranean island.
Healey would arrive later Thursday, the BBC and the PA news agency reported.
The visit comes after the runway of the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Akrotiri came under attack by an unmanned drone on Monday.
Healey would arrive later Thursday, the BBC and the PA news agency reported.
The visit comes after the runway of the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Akrotiri came under attack by an unmanned drone on Monday.
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