8.8-Magnitude Earthquake in Russia Triggers Tsunami: Alerts Issued Across Pacific Including Japan, U.S. West Coast & Hawaii
A 8.8-scaled quake was witnessed off the eastern coast of Russia early on Wednesday and generated strong waves of tsunami toward Japan and alerted the Pacific Ocean basin. The focus was close to the Russian Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Tsunami hit Russia and Japan Russia Kuril Islands Up to 1013-foot (34-meter) waves hit Russia