Japanese authorities on Thursday lifted the tsunami advisory imposed a day after a powerful earthquake struck Russia’s Far East region.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on its website, “There is currently no coastal area for which tsunami warnings or advisories are in force.”
Millions of people were put on high alert in countries around the Pacific Ocean after a powerful 8.8-magnitude quake struck off Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on Wednesday.
The worst damage, according to reports, was recorded in Russia, where a tsunami crashed through the port of Severo-Kurilsk and submerged the local fishing plant, officials said.
Fears of a repeat of the December 2004 tsunami that resulted in the deaths of 220,000 people in almost one dozen countries.
Reports on Wednesday indicates that the post-2011 devastating tsunami that killed around 15,000, has forced Tokyo to be extra cautious.
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According to local accounts, only one woman was killed when her car fell off the cliff in Japan as she tried to escape it.
"The tsunami warning was lifted at 4:30 pm (0630 GMT) after it was determined that the tsunamis would not grow any larger," the JMA said.
On July 29, 2025, according to Local standard time, an M 8.8 high-intensity earthquake struck east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.
Earthquakes of this size are more appropriately described as slip over a larger fault area. Reverse faulting events of the size of this earthquake are typically about 390 km by 140 km in size (length x width).
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