Big quake hits Russia's far east
A powerful earthquake has hit Russia’s Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometres (4,400 miles) west of the epicentre.
The quake registered 8.0 on the Richter scale, said Marina Kolomiyets, a seismic station spokeswoman. The epicentre was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. It is one of the most seismically active regions in the world.
