Hawaii tsunami LIVE: Japan, Russia and entire US West coast at risk of tidal wave
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took to social media on Tuesday evening to warn Los Angeles residents to stay off the beaches and out of the water.
"A Tsunami Advisory is in effect for the L.A. region after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake was detected near Russia. I’ve been briefed and my team is in touch with coastal leaders and the @PortofLA about overnight preparations," Bass wrote on X.
All of California's coast is under a Tsunami advisory as of 8 p.m. PST.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a tsunami as high as 40 centimeters (1.3 feet) has been detected at 16 locations as the waves have moved south along the Pacific coast from Hokkaido down to just northeast of Tokyo.
Officials urge residents to use caution as bigger waves could come later.
People in the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky area of Russia have been reported to be running out into the street without shoes following the impact of the Tsunami. Cabinets toppled inside homes, mirrors were broken, cars swayed in the street and balconies on buildings shook noticeably. A press agency in Russia also reported power outages and mobile phone service failures.
It also quoted a local Russian official as saying residents on Sakhalin Island were being evacuated and emergency services were working at full capacity.
A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said a first tsunami wave of about 30 centimeters (about 1 foot) reached Nemuro on the eastern coast of Hokkaido.
The first tsunami wave hit the coastal area of Severo-Kurilsk, the main settlement on Russia's Kuril Islands in the Pacific.
According to the local governor Valery Limarenko, thankfully all residents were safe and would be staying on high ground until the threat of a repeat wave was gone.
Tsunami warning sirens are heard blaring in Honolulu and people have been urged to move to higher ground due to the ongoing risk.
As a result, traffic is backing up in some neighbourhoods in Honolulu, and officials are preparing to open a mountain pass as an evacuation route out of Waianae, a coastal community on the island of Oahu, said state Rep. Darius Kila.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said waves of 1 to 3 metres above tide level were possible along some coastal areas of Hawaii, Chile, Japan and the Solomon Islands.
Meanwhile some coastal areas of Russia and Ecuador could see waves in excess of 3 meters.
Evacuations in Hawaii have begun for people in homes near to the coast.
One man, a student meteorologist, has posted on X: "I’m in Maui. I’m being evacuated inland. Godspeed everyone."
Pictures emerging online show queues of traffic as people scramble to find safer ground, as well as several reports of panic buying as people prepare to take shelter on higher ground.
Another tweet reads: "Traffic heavy as people try to move inland/upcountry in Maui."
Tsunami Watch posted for the entire US West Coast, including San Francisco Bay Area.
"Today's earthquake was serious and the strongest in decades of tremors," Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app.
The powerful, magnite 8.7 earthquake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and issued a tsunami advisory for Japan, Hawaii and the entire US West Coast as a result.
The weather agency there said the quake occurred at roughly 8:25am (12.25am UK time) and registered a preliminary magnitude of 8.0, before being amended to 8.7.
It also issued an advisory for a tsunami of up to one meter along the Pacific coast of Japan.
Following a magnitude 8.7 earthquake with its epicenter off the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the Japanese Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
It says;
People living in areas where a tsunami warning has been issued should stay away from coasts and river mouths. Please stop work on the coast or in the sea and move away from coasts and river mouths. Do not go out to watch the situation.
Daily Express
