A strong, deep 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported.

The quake hit 106 kilometers north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, the capital city of Russia’s Kamchatka Krai.

The depth of the earthquake was reported at 153 kilometers. There have been no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. No tsunami warning has been issued.

BREAKING 7.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula – USGS https://t.co/Lh5ItbCfvJpic.twitter.com/51jCM3rFQ4 — RT (@RT_com) January 30, 2016

The area was hit with at least seven aftershocks since the event, Kamchatka’s Geophysical Service said. Five of them measured 2.0 and above, according to a spokesman. The remaining too - 4.5 and 5.2, respectively.

Rescue crews are searching and inspecting buildings, TASS quoted an emergency services spokesperson as saying. “There have been no reports of damage yet,” Yulia Ananyeva said. “We saw furniture and doors shake as well as swinging chandeliers. Our office is one the first floor.”

She added that the buildings in the area were built to withstand a magnitude 9 quake.

Meanwhile on social media, frightened witnesses posted descriptions of the strong tremors felt in the region.

Вот она дрожь земли, почувствовав которую, весь торговый центр в панике высыпал наружу #камчатка #землетрясение A photo posted by @andre_prilepsky on Jan 29, 2016 at 7:38pm PST

Terrified shoppers quickly evacuated one of the local malls when people felt tremors from the quake. One resident andre_prilepsky posted a picture showing people waiting outside in the snow without coats on.

Ksenya Maksimova tweeted about the “unpleasant feeling … when everything is shaking,” while several other young Twitter users said they “almost died of fright.”

Землетрясение 😖 не приятное ощущение 🙈 особенно, когда все шатается и телевизор чуть не упал 🙈 Ох, уж эта Камчатка🌋 Я люблю свой край 💟 — Ksenya Maksimova (@12maksimka10) January 30, 2016

Others were more enthusiastic about their first time in a strong earthquake.



“Cool earthquake! Our telly nearly fell over!” Senya Mikhaylitskaya tweeted, adding that she and her friend were about to rush into the street when it all ended.

“The earthquake broke our bottle of Bacardi,” stated Marina Brovkina, posting a pic of the shattered bottle of booze.

Землетрясение разбило нам бутылку бакарди pic.twitter.com/OtCsTjhU36 — Marina Brovkina (@brovkina_m) January 30, 2016

On Instragram, shamans_wood described the events as “action Kamchatka-style,” saying that the quake actually felt different in different parts of the city – from the sights and sounds of bouncing cars, wailing sirens, and even visibly shaking houses, to almost no noticeable effect.

Тряхонуло, че. Earthquake. #earthquake #Kamchatka #землетрясение #Камчатка A photo posted by Катерина Донцова (@katie_dont) on Jan 29, 2016 at 7:59pm PST

When a journalist posted a comment asking user svetakov1 if she had any video of the quake, she replied: “Taking a video is the last thing you think about in such moments. I was thinking about whether I should pull my cat from under the cupboard [if] she’s dying there quietly … I hate those quakes.”