Powerful quake in Russia’s Far East causes tsunami, Japan and Hawaii order evacuations

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A strong magnitude 8.8 earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, July 30, caused 4-meter tsunami waves and led to evacuation orders across the Pacific.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/earthquake-russia-evacuations-japan-hawaii-july-30-2025/

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00:00A strong magnitude 8.8 earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, July 30 caused

00:06four-meter tsunami waves and led to evacuation orders across the Pacific. The shallow quake

00:11damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian area. Russia's Ministry

00:16for Emergency Services says a kindergarten was damaged but most buildings withstood the quake.

00:21No serious injuries or fatalities have been reported. Parts of Japan's east coast hit hard

00:26by a 2011 tsunami were also told to evacuate. Tsunami alarms sounded in coastal towns across

00:32Japan's Pacific coast and evacuation orders were issued for tens of thousands of people.

00:37In Hawaii, waves up to 1.7 meters hit the island before the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lowered

00:43its warning level, saying no major tsunami was expected.

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