VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Friday, about 161 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the region's largest city, the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported.
The quake occurred at 15:35 local time (0335 GMT) at a depth of 127.8 km.
Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations said tremors were felt in parts of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Ust-Kamchatsky, Aleutsky, Vilyuchinsk and Yelizovsky.
No injuries or infrastructure damage were reported, and no tsunami warning was issued. ■