Tsunami (marine waves caused by earthquakes), ranging between 3 and 4 meters ranging from the Russian Camchatka Peninsula after an 8.8 -magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale, hit the area in the early hours of Wednesday.
Russia, Japan, the United States, and several countries overlooking or located in the Pacific Ocean issued warnings of the possibility of a tsunami.
For his part, the branch of the Geophysical Authority of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Kamchatka confirmed that the earthquake that took place on Wednesday is the strongest since 1952, and led to dangerous tsunamis along the coast.
He added in a statement on “Telegram”: “Given the size of this event, we must expect strong tremors, perhaps its strength reaches 7.5 degrees.” He continued: “It is expected that the large and noticeable tremors that reach a strength of 7.5 degrees will continue for at least another month.”
The US Geological Survey revealed that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.3 km and about 136 km from Petrobavlofksk-Kamchatky, the capital of the Kamchatka region.
On Wednesday, the Mexican government ordered the Civil Protection Service to remove the population from the coastal areas overlooking the Pacific Ocean, due to the risk of exposure to Tsunami as a result of the earthquake of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.
The Mexican Navy said in a statement that it is expecting “strong currents at the entrances to the ports” extending along the western coast of the country of Bacha California (north) to Chapas (south).
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Emergency announced that the tsunami waves caused floods in the city of Seviro-Corlakesk in the north of the Korel Islands. The ministry said in a statement that “the tsunami waves overwhelmed parts of the coastal city of Severo-Corcils … The population has been evacuated,” the ministry said in a statement.
It also arrived at the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan, the first tsunami waves, and has a height of 30 centimeters, according to the Japanese Broadcasting and Television Corporation “NHKK”.
The authority warned that other tsunami waves may follow this first wave, and its height may be much higher, knowing that the Japanese Meteorological Agency had expected waves up to 3 meters high along the northern and eastern coasts of the archipelago, all the way to South Osaka. The Japanese government issued an emergency warning and orders to evacuate coastal areas.
The “Tipco” company, which is operating in the Fukushima Nuclear Energy Station in eastern Japan, announced that all workers in this facility, which was subjected to a nuclear accident in 2011, were evacuated, on Wednesday, due to the risk of a tsunami due to the Russian earthquake.
“We have postponed all workers and employees,” said a spokesman for “Tebco”.
For his part, the American “American Warning Center” issued a warning of “dangerous waves” that are more than 3 meters in the next three hours along some coasts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and other areas of the Pacific Ocean.
Honollo’s Emergency Administration called for the evacuation of some coastal areas in Hawaii, and the sirens of warning to warn of a tsunami were seated amid calls to the population to move to higher areas.
In him, the Minister of Emergency, Camchatka Sergey Leipidv, reported a tsunami registration with a height of waves between three and four meters in parts of the region. He said in a video posted on social media: “Everyone should stay away from the waves.”
In the development, the ruler of Sakhin Valerie Limarinco said to Telegram that an evacuation order was announced to the small town of Severo Corelilsk after a warning of a tsunami after the earthquake.
The authorities in the Camchatka Peninsula announced that the earthquake caused a number of wounded, appealing to the residents to stay away from the coastal areas, due to the risk of being exposed to Tsunami.
“I urge everyone to stay away from the coast in the threatened areas of Tsunami, and to listen to ads that are made through sound enlargements,” wrote the governor of Kamchatka, Vladimir Soludov, in a post on the Telegram application.
On July 20, an earthquake of 7.4 -magnitude, followed by many defects, occurred in the same area, followed by many damage, without causing severe damage.
“One of the most vulnerable to earthquakes in the world,” according to the US Geological Survey.
