Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits off coast of Russia's Kamchatka, EMSC says

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake hit at a depth of 51 km (32 miles), EMSC said.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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