<div>Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off Russia's Kuril Islands - USGS</div> <!-- no image --> <div>An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck offshore 99 kilometers (62 miles) south-east of Russia's Kuril Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=f2E39t0uRIg:o8xbDoTM0yE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=f2E39t0uRIg:o8xbDoTM0yE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=f2E39t0uRIg:o8xbDoTM0yE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=f2E39t0uRIg:o8xbDoTM0yE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=f2E39t0uRIg:o8xbDoTM0yE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/f2E39t0uRIg" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters