WASHINGTON -- A 8.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Sea of Okhotsk from a depth of 601.80 km at 0544 GMT Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter was located 359 km southwest of Esso, a town Russia's Kamchatka Krai.

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center of the United States said in a statement that due to the depth of the earthquake no tsunami is expected.

The China Earthquake Networks Center placed the magnitude at 8.7.