A tsunami warning was initially issued in the Sakhalin region and was later withdrawn.
Moscow: A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Russia's Far East in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula, according to the US Geological Survey. The epicentre of the quake was located 244 miles west north west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy at a depth of 385 miles, the USGS said.
The Russian authorities issued a tsunami warning in the Sakhalin region and advised people to move away from dangerous areas.
The tsunami warning was later withdrawn.
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