Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Video capture provided by the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences shows an area flooded in Severo-Kurilsk, Sacalina region.
Kamchatka shaking causes tsunamis in Russia and Japan; There are alerts in many countries bathed by the Pacific.
A strong Earthquake of magnitude 8,8 reached the peninsula today Kamchatka, na Russia, provoking tsunamis in the country and in Japan and the issuance of warning in many countries bathed by the Pacific.
In the city of Severo-Kourilsk, in the north of the Russian archipelago of the Curilas Islands, several tsunamis flooded the streets and part of the two thousand inhabitants were removedaccording to the Ministry of Emergency Situations. THE state of emergency It was declared in that area.
“Tsunami’s fourth wave is coming. The wave is very large, everything is flooded, The whole coast is flooded“It witnessed a inhabitant in a video published by the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
According to the mayor of the city, quoted by the Russian state agency Tass, one of the tsunamis dragged to the sea ships that were anchored.
According to the United States Geological Institute (USGS), the magnitude 8.8 earthquake on the Richter scale occurred around 00:25 in Lisbon, the 20.7 kilometers deep126 kilometers from the coast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchasky, in the Far East Russian.
This magnitude is the strongest registered in Kamchatka since November 5, 1952, when an earthquake of magnitude 9, which occurred practically in the same place, caused devastating tsunamis throughout the Pacific Ocean.
And, remember, it’s the greatest earthquake on the whole planet in the last 14 yearsonly surpassed by the famous earthquake (and tsunami, and nuclear accident) in Japan in March 2011.
Kamchatka’s seismological service warned that they are expected replicas up to 7.5.
In Japan, images on television showed people getting out of car or on foot for higher areas, especially on the island of Hokkaido, in the north of the country, where a first tsunami with 30 centimeters high.
The employees of the Nuclear Center of Fukushima (North), destroyed by a strong earthquake and a tsunami in March 2011, were removed, the infrastructure operator said.
“Don’t venture into the sea And do not approach the coast until the alert is lifted, ”said the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), which provides for waves of three meters.
“The inhabitants of the regions where alerts were issued should be immediately withdrawn to safe places, high areas or evacuation buildings,” Japanese government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi insisted.
The Japanese alert covers the entire north and east coast of the archipelago, to south of Osaka, as well as the small peripheral islands. Also, in Tokyo and Osaka bays, tsunami can reach a meter.
A China He issued tsunami alert to various areas of the coast. To the Filipinas They also urged the inhabitants of the east coast to move inside and advised the fishermen who are already in the sea to remain deep waters.
The same message was transmitted in the Overhead, In the United States, threatened by waves three meters or more. “People should not, and repeat once again, should not, as we have seen in the past, stay close to the coast or risk life just to see what a tsunami is like,” said state governor Josh Green.
First impacts
Reports that, early in the morning in Portugal, Hawaii has already begun to be hit by large waves – although the first impacts are being Less serious than the local authorities expected. There was 2 -meter wavesreported the local governor.
More the alert descended from level. “The worst has passed”or local director of Tsunami alerts, McCreery chip.
In Russia, there are damaged buildings and a creche what Ruiu Completely, but without injured to register. The waves of tsunami began to arrive.
Also in Japan the initial impact was lower than expected: 60 centimetersfar below 3 meters initially planned. Almost 2 million Japanese are under evacuation alerts.
Also the Peru and the Mexico declared Tsunami’s warning to the coast, as well as the Ecuador, that evacuated the beaches and ports of the Galapagos archipelago.
Tsunamis from one to three meters are also possible in the Chile, na Costa Rica, na French Polynesia and other archipelagos.
Os USA They issued a series of alerts of different levels along the west coast from Alaska to the entire California coast.
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