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Twin earthquakes of over 6.5 magnitude strike off Russia

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 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near the coast of the Kamchatka region in the far east of Russia on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. It initially reported a magnitude of 6.2 for the earthquake, according to Reuters news agency. 

A separate earthquake measuring 6.7 magnitude struck off the east coast of Kamchatka at a depth of 10 km, shortly following the previous quake, according to GFZ data.

The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) shows the second earthquake to be of 7.4 magnitude.

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