An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale, one of the strongest recorded in recent times, hit Russia’s Far East on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami in the northern Pacific region.

As per the United States Geological Survey, formerly known as the Geological Survey website, the earthquake that struck east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, occurred as the result of shallow reverse faulting.

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