The latest quake follows an 8.8 magnitude earthquake near the Kamchatka coast on Wednesday, which sparked a Tsunami that triggered emergency declarations in both Russia and the U.S.

Three tsunami waves hit Russia's coastal area of Severo-Kurilsk on Wednesday, in the main settlement on the Kuril Islands in the Pacific, according to the local mayor Aleksandr Ovsyannikov.

The Kuril Islands stretch from the southern tip of Kamchatka Peninsula. Russian scientists had warned on Wednesday that strong aftershocks were possible in the region in the next several weeks.