Russian earthquake triggers Japan, US, Hawaii, Philippines, Indonesia warnings after 8.8 magnitude tremor in nation’s Kamchatka region
The earthquake of 8.8 hit Russia’s East Kamchatka Peninsula at 9.25.
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US geological research, 19.3 km in a depth of shallow, he said. He revised the size of an earlier 8.0 and shortly later he showed a strong way to 6.9 magnitude.
An official was recorded in some parts of Kamchatka with a height of three to four meters. Japan, Hokkaido’s first tsunami wave of about 30 centimeters on the eastern coast of Nemuro said.
Evacuation, tsunami warnings and clocks were released in Pacific, including Russia, Japan, the US West Coast and Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Since 1952, when the 9.0 earthquake in Kamchatka caused damage and triggered 9.1 meters waves in Hawaii, the most powerful earthquake in the region, but there was no reported death.
