Tsunami Warning: A strong 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Russia coast early on Wednesday and triggered tsunami waves that hit a part of the Russian Kuril Islands and the Japanese northern island of Hokkaido.
Also read: Tsunami Warning a live update: The first monster waves hit Alaska; Hawaii, USA West Coast on Alert Post 8.8 Maxitude Earthquake
“Due to the massive earthquake that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, there is a warning tsunami for those living in Hawaii. Tsunami Watch applies to Alaska and the Pacific coast of the United States. Japan is also in the way.
Tsunami Advisory in the US
NWS Bay Area said in the post: “Tsunami Advisory remains in force for the California coast. Stay away from the water! Stay away from the beaches and waterways! Remember: Tsunami are a series of waves carrying large amounts of water.
The American warning system Tsunami is the Effet for the Aleutian Islands, Samalga Pass on Alaska, after an earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia, the agency reported.
The earthquake, concentrated near the Kamchatka Peninsula, led to a warning tsunami on Alaska in Hawaii and coastal areas that stretched to the south as New Zealand.
At the Japanese agency of Japan, a tsunami wave of 50 centimeters (1.6 feet) in Japan in Japan, the highest detected so far detected so far strong earthquakes at sea, was recorded.
The earthquake hit Japan at 8:25 in the morning with an initial size of 8.0, as both Japanese and American seismologists say. American geological survey later revised size at 8.8, making it the strongest global earthquake since 2011.
This 2011 disaster, an earthquake with a length of 9.0 and northeast, caused a devastating tsunami and led to melting the catastrophic nuclear power plant Fukushima.
Most of the Pacific coast of North America, which concerned British Colombia in Canada on the American West Coast and Mexico, was under the tsunami consistency.
The Oregon Emergency Management Department on Facebook said that the small waves of the tsunami were expected to reach a part of the coast of the state, starting at around 23:40 local time, with a wave height between 1 to 3 feet (30 to 91 centimeters), reported.
(With the entry from agencies)
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