8.8 Service of magnitude hit the east of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia on Wednesday (30/07 on a local time).
A strong 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the east of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia Wednesday (30/07 in local hour, 29/07 in Brazil).
A tsunami with height of 3 to 4 meters was also recorded in some parts of Kamchatka.
In Russia, so far there are no recordings of deaths or serious injuries, but there are several injuries, according to the Tass state agency.
Hokkaido, in northern Japan, also recorded a tsunami – and the authorities warn that subsequent waves can be even greater.
The authorities have issued notices of tsunami on the western coast of the United States, in Alaska, in Hawaii, in the American island territory of Guam and some islands in Micronesia.
Urgent evacuations were ordered on the island of Oahu to Hawaii; And hundreds of kilometers from the Japan coast.
“They immediately run away in an ever higher place. Tsunami’s arrival time is only an esteem. The waves can come sooner or later. It continues to evacuate as long as the alert is in force,” the Japanese authorities warned.
According to the United States Tsunami Alert Center, the waves at three meters can also reach Ecuador.
The earthquake on the Kamchatka peninsula was the strongest since 1952.
“Significant and perceptible secondary tremors should be, with magnitudes up to 7.5, will continue for at least another month”, warned the Kamchatka branch of the Russian Science Academy Geophysical Service.
The peninsula has already been affected by a series of earthquakes in the last 10 days.
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Source: Terra
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