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Earthquake Hits Russia


Russian emergency officials have called off a brief tsunami warning after an 8.2- magnitude earthquake hit Russia's eastern coast Friday.

Authorities had issued a tsunami warning for the Sakalin Islands.

A Russian environmental monitoring service official told the Interfax news agency that "practically the whole continent shook."

There were no reports of casualties.
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