Earthquake hits Kamchatka, damages Russian submarine base - The Telegraph

The affected facility is the Rybachiy base, located in Krasheninnikov Bay in the southern part of Kamchatka. Satellite images show that part of one pier shifted from its original position, possibly indicating that it broke away from the dock.

The tsunami waves, caused by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake, reached the base approximately 15 minutes after the initial tremors. The facility is located around 120 kilometers west of the quake's epicenter and hosts Russia's advanced Borei-class nuclear submarines as well as Soviet-era Delta-class vessels.

However, preliminary assessments indicate that the submarines were not damaged, as they were not docked at the affected pier at the time the tsunami struck.

Dr Sidharth Kaushal, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, noted that satellite imagery showed no visible damage to the submarine fleet.

"It looks like it was a surface ship that was moored at the pier rather than a submarine, which is noteworthy," he said.

Earthquake off Kamchatka

During the night of July 30 (Kyiv time), a massive earthquake hit the coast of Kamchatka in Russia's Far East. It was described as the most powerful quake in the region in over 70 years, with a magnitude close to 9.0.

The United States and Japan issued tsunami warnings in the aftermath. The Kuril Islands were partially flooded, while Sakhalin and Russia's eastern coastline were hit by four-meter-high waves.

Russian authorities have already declared this quake the strongest since 1952, when over 2,000 people were killed in the region.

RBC-Ukraine has gathered more details on the earthquake and provided background on Kamchatka, where the natural disaster occurred.