Magnitude 7.7 quake off Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin causes no damage, injuries Read more: h

[malaise]

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Magnitude+quake+hits+waters+eastern+Russia+tsunami+generated+word/7084953/story.html
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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit waters off Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin on Tuesday inflicted no casualties or damage, Russian officials said.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's branch on Sakhalin said the quake was centred in the Sea of Okhotsk about 160 kilometres (100 miles) east of Poronaysk, Russia, at a depth of more than 600 kilometres (373 miles).

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, which struck at 1 p.m. local time Tuesday, had a magnitude of 7.7, while the Russian ministry put it at 6.3.

"There have been no victims or damage," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the quake was felt as magnitude 2 to 3 shocks in towns and villages on Sakhalin. The ministry said that there was no danger of tsunami and that aftershocks were unlikely.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. It was very deep, and that is good.

[malaise]

3. Indeed

I hope when ours comes it is very deep because we are long overdue

[lilly ludebummer]

2. 2012, here we come!

Right back where we started from...

[2pooped2pop]

4. Could Sarah see Putin shaking?

sorry. Just wondering.