Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes southeast coast of Russia’s Kamchatka, USGS says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the south-east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said.

The quake was at a depth of 24 km (14.91 miles), USGS said.

GFZ had earlier pegged the earthquake at 6.4 magnitude.

(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in BengaluruEditing by Ros Russell)