Russian state television on Wednesday broadcast shots of tsunami tsunami, which swept through the port of the coastal town of North-Kilk in the northern part of the Kuril Islands on the Russian Far East and swept the entire buildings. Local authorities claim that they managed to evacuate residents to safe areas before the tsuni arrived. According to AFP and TASS reports, TASR reports this.
In a Russian city with approximately 2,000 inhabitants on the island of Paramushir, located approximately 350 kilometers southwest of the Epicentrum of the earthquake in the Kamchatka region, according to the tununami, the tununa authorities swept through the port area and flooded the local fish processing plant.
Four -meter waves
According to the mayor of Alexander Ovsiannik’s waves, which were up to four meters high in some areas, they reached to the Memorial from World War II, located about 400 meters from the shore. He added that most of the city lies in an elevated place, and he said he is safe from floods.
“They were all evacuated. It was enough time, the whole hour. So everyone was evacuated, all people are in a safe zone in front of the tsunami,” said the mayor at the crisis staff meeting. According to available data, approximately 2,700 people, including nearly 600 children, were evacuated for the threat.
Destroyed expedition camp
On the neighboring island of Šumšu there was a expedition group from the Russian geographical company at the time of the earthquake. The tsunami swept their tent camp.
“The only thing we could do was to run to higher places … There are no victims among us, they all did quickly, but we lost all things,” said a member of the group for the Russian tabloid daily Komsomolskaya Pravda.
A strong earthquake shook the Coast of Kamchatka on the Russian Far East on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the American Geological Institute (USGC) increased the magnitude estimate from 8.7 to 8.8. This is the strongest earthquake in the world since 2011, when the magnitude shocks 9.0 hit the Japanese coast. Overall, this earthquake is in the top ten of the strongest earthquakes ever measured in the world.
