Live updates on the earthquake and tsunami in Russia: Following the earthquake, Chile raised the tsunami warning to its highest level.
Kamchatka Earthquake, Tsunami LIVE: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a 180,000-person city in Russia on the Kamchatka Peninsula, was approximately 119 kilometers (74 miles) away from the earthquake.
Live updates on the earthquake and tsunami in Russia:
An earthquake of magnitude 8.8, one of the strongest in the world, struck the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia early on Wednesday. It caused a tsunami up to 4 meters (13 feet) in height, damaged structures, and prompted evacuation alerts in a number of locations in the US and Japan. In a video shared on the Telegram messaging app, Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov stated, “Today’s earthquake was serious and the strongest in decades of tremors,” adding that powerful vibrations had destroyed a kindergarten.
According to Valery Limarenko, the local governor, the first tsunami wave struck the coastal region of Severo-Kurilsk, the principal community on Russia’s Kuril Islands in the Pacific. In some areas of Kamchatka, a tsunami measuring 3–4 meters (10–13 feet) in height was also observed.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, a tsunami wave measuring roughly 30 centimeters (one foot) also made its way to Nemuro on Hokkaido’s eastern coast. In the northern Pacific, Trenours also caused a tsunami, and coastal regions in Alaska, Hawaii, Chile, the Solomon Islands, and southward into New Zealand were warned to be on alert. In some Ecuadorian coastal regions, waves as high as three meters (yards) were possible.
Approximately 119 kilometers (74 miles) separated the earthquake from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a 180,000-person metropolis on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.
Tsunami hits in Hawaii!
ALARMING:
In JAPAN 1.9MILLION people have been told to evacuate and the tsunami wave is 4.3ft (1.3m) and has reached the northern Iwati prefecture, according to the country weather agency.
