A tsunami alert was briefly issued after multiple earthquakes, some dangerously strong, struck off the southeast coast of Russia. Tsunami alerts were briefly issued after multiple earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia. The strongest of those quakes, which were measured in quick succession, came in at 7.5-magnitude on the Richter scale.

A tsunami alert has been issued for Russia after five powerful earthquakes struck within an hour in the Pacific Ocean near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

The epicenter was near the intersection of Pacific and North American tectonic plates, a seismically active zone. No casualties were reported, and no US territories were within the alert zone.