{"id":158831,"date":"2025-07-30T10:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/tsunamis-strike-parts-of-russia-japan-us-after-massive-russia-quake-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:10:22","slug":"tsunamis-strike-parts-of-russia-japan-us-after-massive-russia-quake-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/tsunamis-strike-parts-of-russia-japan-us-after-massive-russia-quake-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunamis strike parts of Russia, Japan, US after massive Russia quake – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia\u2019s east coast prompts warnings and evacuations in dozens of countries.<\/em>
Tsunami waves have hit parts of Russia, Japan and the United States after a massive earthquake<\/a> off the Russian coast, with alerts issued for dozens of other countries, including the Philippines and Ecuador.
Potentially hazardous waves were expected across Latin America and numerous Asian and Pacific island states later on Wednesday.
Waves up to 4 metres (13 feet) high have already struck Russia\u2019s far Eastern Kamchatka region, said Sergei Lebedev, the regional minister for emergency situations, following the 8.8-magnitude quake, one of the largest on record.
The height of tsunami waves in the Russian Pacific town of Severo-Kurilsk exceeded three metres (9.8ft), and the most powerful was as big as five metres (16.4ft), Russia\u2019s RIA Novosti news agency reported on Wednesday, citing emergency services. Severo-Kurilsk, a seaport town in the Sakhalin region in the northern Kuril Islands, was flooded, forcing the evacuation of its 2,000 residents, Russia\u2019s Ministry of Emergencies and Disaster Relief said.
Videos posted on Russian social media showed buildings in the town submerged in water, as authorities declared a state of emergency throughout the North Kuril District. District Mayor Alexander Ovsyannikov said there had been enough time to evacuate everyone on the affected islands. \u201cAll the people are in the tsunami safety zone,\u201d he said at a crisis meeting.
The US Tsunami Warning Centers said waves as high as 3 metres (9.8ft) could hit Ecuador and Russia, while waves of 1 to 3 metres (3.3-9.8ft) were possible in Hawaii, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Japan and some Pacific islands.
\u201cThis is a subduction zone setting that has the potential to generate large tsunamis,\u201d Nathan Bangs, a research professor at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, told Al Jazeera. \u201cIt is similar to other settings that have generated large tsunamis in recent years that followed earthquakes, such as Sumatra in 2004 and Tohoku in 2011.\u201d
The US National Weather Service issued tsunami \u201cwarnings\u201d for the state of Hawaii, Alaska\u2019s Aleutian Islands and parts of California, as well as lower-level tsunami advisories for parts of Washington and Oregon. A less serious tsunami watch was in place for the entire US West Coast.
The Honolulu Department of Emergency Management in Hawaii urged the evacuation of residents from some coastal areas.
\u201cTake Action! Destructive tsunami waves expected,\u201d the agency said on X, hours before the US National Weather Service reported the first tsunami waves<\/a> were impacting the state.
While there have not yet been reports of damage in Hawaii, Governor Josh Green urged residents to alert and heed official warnings. \u201cWe are not yet in the clear\u2026 please do not put yourself in harm\u2019s way,\u201d said Green, adding that Black Hawk helicopters and high-water vehicles were ready to go in case authorities need to rescue people.
A major tsunami is not expected to strike Hawaii, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said in an update.
Social media users shared images of reported bumper-to-bumper traffic in Honolulu and other urban areas as residents fled for higher ground.
Tsunami waves also reached California\u2019s San Francisco at 1:12am (08:12 GMT), according to the National Weather Service for the San Francisco Bay Area, with the tsunami making its way further down the coast.
US President Donald Trump urged residents in Hawaii, Alaska, and along the Pacific Coast to pay attention to tsunami-related advisories.
\u201cSTAY STRONG AND STAY SAFE!\u201d Trump said in a social media post.
Japanese authorities said they expected waves as high as 3 metres (9.8 ft) to hit some coastal areas.
\u201cPeople in coastal areas or along rivers should immediately evacuate to safe places such as high ground or evacuation buildings,\u201d the Japan Meteorological Agency said in a statement.
\u201cTsunamis can strike repeatedly. Do not leave the safe location until the warning is lifted.\u201d
Footage posted on social media showed residents of some Japanese coastal communities moving to higher ground.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba urged the public to evacuate from affected areas.
Japanese media reported the arrival of the first waves, measuring about 30cm (1ft) high, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Wednesday morning.
Japan\u2019s Fire and Disaster Management Agency did not report any damage or injuries.
Al Jazeera\u2019s Rob McBride, reporting from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, said Japan was expected to \u201cbear the brunt of any tsunamis\u201d given its proximity to the Russian quake. \u201cThe most widespread alerts have been raised there, especially in the coastal areas of the northern island of Hokkaido and also in the Pacific coastal areas of main Honshu Island,\u201d he said.
Alerts were also issued for the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the 8.8-magnitude quake, revised up from an earlier estimate of 8.0, struck 136km (85 miles) east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia\u2019s far east.
Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a video posted on Telegram that the quake was the \u201cstrongest in decades\u201d.
The regional health minister, Oleg Melnikov, told Russia\u2019s state-run TASS news agency that several people had been injured in the earthquake, but none of them seriously.
Subsequent quakes of magnitude 6.9 and 6.3 were recorded 147km (91 miles) and 131km (81 miles) southeast of Petropavlovsk and Vilyuchinsk, respectively, in Russia\u2019s far east, according to the USGS.
Robert Weis, a tsunami expert at Virginia Tech, said the tsunamis could cause serious damage.
\u201cIt is correct to be worried about this one,\u201d Weis told Al Jazeera.
\u201cThree metres is pretty destructive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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