Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, EMSC says

Oct 16 (Reuters) — A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula region of Russia on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 140 km (86.99 miles), EMSC added. (Reporting by Sumedha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) ((Sumedha.Mukherjee2@thomsonreuters.com)