Powerful earthquakes in Russia's Far East cause tsunami, Japan, and Hawaii order evacuations

The quake damaged buildings and left several people in the remote Russian region injured, while residents in a large eastern coast of Japan were ordered to evacuate, reports Reuters, broadcast Periscope.

In Hawaii, coastal residents were told to settle at higher coastal altitudes or on the fourth or higher floors of buildings. The U.S. Coast Guard ordered the ships to leave the harbor while the tsunami was approaching.

“Take action! Tsunami's devastating waves” said on the X network Emergency Management Department in Honolulu.

Today's <x0m> Earthquake was serious and the most powerful in decades of trembling” ) said the governor of the Kamchatka region, Vladimir Solodov, in a video published on the “Telegram”.

Russia's Emergency Services Ministry said a children's nest was damaged, but most buildings survived the quake. No serious or dead injuries reported.

The US Geological Monitor said the earthquake's epicentre was 119km northeast of the Russian city of about 165 thousand people, Petropavlovsk-Kachatsky.

A resident of this city said the quake began slowly but was strengthened and continued for several minutes. When considering his power and how long he lasted... I decided to leave the” building ) said Yaroslav, 25. /Periscope/