Tsunami warning sparks evacuations in Japan and US after powerful Russia earthquake

A strong earthquake on the shores of Russia triggered tsunami warnings in the Pacific and launched emergency evacuation to Northern Japan, Hawaii and the US West coast of Russia.

8.8 magnitude earthquake, Wednesday 23:00 GMT) Local time near Russia near the Kamchatka Peninsula near the Kamchatka Peninsula) hit.

The US geology research is one of the 10 most powerful earthquakes that have been recorded so far. However, there is no first report on serious damage or injury.

Thousands of people in the Pacific countries were evacuated to a higher place, but tsunami warnings were reduced in many regions.

On the west coast of the United States, waves continue to move south.

According to the National Tsunami Warning Center, Crescent City in Northern California recorded waves up to 1.09m (3.6FT).

Further south, San Francisco had up to 0.7 million tidal fluctuations.

And even more south, the Los Angeles Weather Service, Port San Luis’in “low and high tide through the tide through a fast and harmful fluctuation” said.

Inside HawaiiWhere Thousands of people escaped for a higher floor along the beach1.2m (4FT) waves hit Oahu, and even the larger of 1.7m hit Maui.

Governor Josh Green did not retreat when he warned the inhabitants: “This is not a normal wave. If you are shot by a tsunami, it will kill you.”

However, a few hours later he reported: “We have not seen a wave of results so far”.

The tsunami warning for Hawaii has been reduced to a consultation level by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), ie strong waves, currents and small flood potential, but a large tsunami is no longer expected.

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Director Stephen Logan, released can now return home, but people to be careful, slow and flooding to watch, he said.

Inside RussiaIn the places where the earthquake emerged, a port town of approximately 2,000 people, Severo-Kurilsk, including 5 meters (16FT) hit tsunami waves. No major injuries or damages have been reported, and the authorities have now removed the tsunami warning for Kamchatka.

The Sakhalin region declared an emergency on the Northern Kuril Islands, where the power network was closed after the earthquake was damaged.

Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov described it as the most powerful earthquake of the region for decades. At least six aftershocks, including one 6.9, watched.

Inside JapanThousands of people awakened by the tsunami sirens, especially in the Iwate Province, which was told to evacuate two million people, awakened with higher waves to the Pacific Coast than a meter.

Since then, the authorities have advised the tsunami warning for many fields, spreading from the north of Tokyo to Wakayama in the southwest.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said that any damage has not been approved so far.

Embatted Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, All 4,000 workers were evacuatedHowever, the operators of the facility are not detected “abnormality”, he said.

In March 2011, the facility was shot by a destructive 9.0 earthquake and tsunami, which led to a nuclear melting.

British Columbia, In CanadaMost of the coastal regions published a tsunami consultancy, where the residents were told to avoid the ocean and expect the clear one.

Inside French PolynesiaThe authorities raised wave heights to 4m for Nuku Hiva on the Marquesas Islands, and there were smaller waves under an expected meter on the surrounding islands.

Tsunami warnings remain in place Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands And Vanatu And the coastal inhabitants were told to be released on a higher floor.

Chinese The warning for Zhejiang Province and Shanghai was removed without reporting damage. . Philippines He also canceled his warnings.

Taiwan Consultation remains active.

Smaller tsunami wave activity between 1m-3m on some shores is possible. Chile– Costa Rica– Ecuador– Australia– Colombia– Mexican– New Zealand And Tonga.

Inside PeruThe authorities issued a tsunami warning and keep “continuous surveillance” on the situation.

The United States Geological Survey, Tsunami warning, 18 km depth of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky’den about 126km (78 miles) was triggered by a powerful earthquake.

The agency, trembling, Biobío, 2010 earthquake in Chile and Ecuador, Esmeraldas’deki 1906 earthquake in history as the sixth most severe earthquake, he said.

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