India, Oct. 16 -- An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula region on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

According to USGS, the quake was at a depth of 135 km (86.99 miles) and took place at about 3.35 am (UTC).

The epicenter was 146 km between south and south-west (SSW) of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia and 80 km between north and norht-east(NNE) of Ozernovskiy in Russia, according to European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. EMSC had earlier calculated the magnitude of the quake as 7, but later updated it to 6.9.

According to EMSC, the depth of the quake was 130 km.

No tsunami alert was issued in the immediate aftermath of the quake, with the US National Tsunami Warning Center saying there ...