फिचर, बिश्वो » भखरमात्र रुसमा ७.२ रेक्टर स्केलको शक्तिशाली भूकम्प गयो

earthquake, which struck at 3:25 p.m. local time on Saturday, was centered about 91 kilometers (57 miles) north of Yelizovo, a town in Kamchatka Krai. It struck about 161 kilometers (100 miles) deep, making it a relatively deep earthquake.Shaking was felt throughout large parts of the peninsula, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the region’s Emergencies Ministry said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS)

estimated that some 278,000 people may have felt the earthquake, with the strongest shaking felt in Yelizovo.Moderate shaking was also felt in one of the region’s largest cities, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, which is about 110 kilometers (68 miles) south of Saturday’s epicenter. The shaking prompted people in some buildings, including shopping malls,

to evacuate out onto the street.Other details were not immediately available, but no tsunami warnings have been issued.A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, seismologists say. There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties

The initial magnitude 7.5 quake on Monday afternoon was followed by seven aftershocks, measuring as high as magnitude 4.8, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The latest aftershock came just before dawn on Tuesday.

The United States and Iran were among countries that offered to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, which already depends heavily on foreign aid after decades of war that have wrecked its economy and infrastructure.

The quake was 213 km (132 miles) deep and centred 254 km (158 miles) northeast of Kabul.
 Dr. John Ebel, chairman of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College in the United States, said the depth of the earthquake had limited its severity and meant damage was likely to be spread broadly rather than focused in one disaster zone.

But he said landslides on the unstable slopes of the mountainous region could pose a major problem.

"Obviously if a landslide comes into a village, it will take out buildings, but landslides can also take out roads and communications and power systems, so you lose the ability to access remote areas," he said.

In Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the U.S. Agency for International Development was ready to provide emergency shelter and relief supply kits.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in London en route from an official visit to the U.S., said he would personally oversee the rescue efforts.