A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 hit the far east of Russia on Wednesday (local time). The quake took place at the Kamchatka peninsula and has led to tsunamiwaarsleningen worldwide.
The earthquake took place at 11.24 am local time (01.24 am Dutch time), at a depth of nineteen kilometers. The epicenter is located in the Pacific Ocean 136 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamtjatski. That city is located on the Avitsjabi baise on the Russian peninsula Kamchatka almost 7,000 kilometers from Moscow.
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The American authorities warn against tsunamis with waves up to three meters high, which may be able to meet the coasts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii, Guam and Ecuador. Other areas such as Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Mexico, Canada and the American West States California and Oregon have also been warned. China has also issued a tsunami warning. According to the Chinese Tsunamiwaarschuwingcentrum, waves of 30 centimeters to 1 meter high are expected on the east coast of the country.
- The earthquake with a force of Richter scale took place on Tuesday evening at 11.24 pm local time (1.24 hours of Dutch time), with the epicenter in the Pacific, 119 kilometers off the coast of the Russian Peninsula Kamchatka.
- There are tsunami warning in force in Russia, Japan, Hawaii, all states on the American west coast, Canada, Mexico and Ecuador. The same applies to New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia and India.
- The first floods already took place: in Russia in particular the city of Severo-Koerilsk, in the north of the Koeril island group, was hit. In Japan, the island of Hokkaido was reached by a wave, albeit only about 30 centimeters high. However, the government warns that the next tsunamigolf can be much larger.
First waves quickly expected on Hawaii: ‘wave of size that can wash up trees’
According to Governor Josh Green, tsunamig waves of 1.8 meters high were measured on the Midway atol (halfway between Japan and the American east coast). The waves that Hawaii will hit can be bigger or smaller, but according to Green it is too early to say how high. A tsunami of 1.8 meters at sea would cause a wave of 90 centimeters high in the surf. A wave of that size can move cars, and rinse fences and trees. “That’s why you have to get rid of: any loose construction can drag a person along,” says Green. “The impact is huge, people can drown quite easily due to the power of such a wave.”
China also provides Tsunamiwaarschuwing
Since Tuesday evening, more than 280,000 people have been evacuated in Shanghai since Tuesday evening, in preparation for the arrival of the Tropical Cyclone Co-May: the Chinese authorities expected that that storm would entail heavy rainfall in East China.
Japanese government: ‘Tsunamis can take even longer than day’
Japan has already reached the first tsunam caves, but the risk has not yet passed: that is the message of Japanese officials at the moment. A new announcement from the Japanese meteorological agency states that “large tsunamis can be expected even more than a day” after the heavy earthquake off the Eastern Russian coast.
The first tsunami in Japan after the powerful earthquake was observed on Wednesday in the north of the island of Hokkaido. The Golf had a height of approximately 30 centimeters, television channel NHK reported.
AArdquake at Kamchatka followed by 30 smaller quakes
After the heavy earthquake, thirty after -brackets were registered. This is reported by a regional department of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The quakes had a force between 2 and 5, according to the service on Telegram.
Mayor Honolulu: ‘People must remain calm, but act’
The mayor of Honolulu, the capital of the US state of Hawaii, asks residents of the city to look for a higher area. “People have to stay calm, but act,” says Rick Blangiardi. “If you can reach a higher area from a low -lying area, please do so.” The Tsunami alarm is already on the island to encourage residents to evacuation.
The American Coast Guard ordered all commercial ships to leave the various ports in the state of Hawaii, and denied all incoming ships until the tsunamiwaars have been withdrawn.
Trump responds to Tsunami warning vs
US President Donald Trump has on his own social medium Truth Social A message spreads about the earthquake and any tsunami on the American east coast. “Because of a heavy earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, a Tsunami alarm is in force in Hawaii. A tsunami warning (a lower alarm level, ed.) is in force in Alaska and the east coast of the United States, “it sounds.” Stay strong and stay safe! “
More than 1.9 million people asked to evacuate in Japan
The staff of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in the east of Japan, was evacuated by the tsunami warning after the heavy earthquake off the Russian coast. The operator of the Central, Tepco reports this.
Russian harbor town of Severo-Koerilsk hit by Tsunami
A tsunami of three to four meters has already been registered in parts of the Russian peninsula Kamchatka, the BBC. On the Russian island group De Koerilen, south of the Kamchatka peninsula, around 2,700 people have been evacuated. The Russian press agency reports this Tass. The Russian Oblast Sakhalin has issued the state of emergency on the Koerillen island group.
“The Tsunami has flooded parts of the port city of Severo-Koerilsk. The population has been evacuated,” Russian authorities report in a statement. Videos on social media showed buildings that were flooded by the water in the city with around 2,000 inhabitants.
The earthquake that took place on Tuesday evening in front of the Russian east coast is in the top ten heaviest quakes ever measured. That is what Professor Helen Janiszewski of the University of Hawaii says at the BBC.