A powerful earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale shook the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East this morning, Wednesday, July 30, at 11:25 a.m. local time.
The earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 19.3 kilometers and 125 kilometers east-southeast of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is the strongest earthquake in the region since 1952 and one of the most powerful earthquakes recorded in the world since 2011.
According to local authorities, tsunami waves measuring 3 to 4 meters (10 to 13 feet) high have hit the coast of Kamchatka, partially submerging the port of Soro-Kurilsk in the Kuril Islands and a fish processing plant on Sakhalin.
No casualties have been reported so far, but several people in Kamchatka have been injured and there has been damage to infrastructure, including a kindergarten and the Yelizovo airfield.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning, predicting waves up to 3 meters high will hit the country’s eastern coast from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
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