The earthquake, which struck at 3:25 p.m. local time on Saturday, was centered about 91 kilometers (57 miles) north of Yelizovo, a town in Kamchatka Krai. It struck about 161 kilometers (100 miles) deep, making it a relatively deep earthquake.Shaking was felt throughout large parts of the peninsula, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the region’s Emergencies Ministry said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that some 278,000 people may have felt the earthquake, with the strongest shaking felt in Yelizovo.Moderate shaking was also felt in one of the region’s largest cities, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, which is about 110 kilometers (68 miles) south of Saturday’s epicenter. The shaking prompted people in some buildings, including shopping malls, to evacuate out onto the street.Other details were not immediately available, but no tsunami warnings have been issued.A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, seismologists say. There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties. -