A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck near the coast of the Kamchatka region in the far east of Russia on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.

The watch was issued at 9:03 p.m. after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, but canceled after there was no threat to Hawaii.

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake off Russia's coast triggered and then cancelled tsunami warnings for Hawaii and Kamchatka.

A series of powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia''s Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday, with the strongest reaching magnitude 7.6, according to the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.