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Banglapress Published: 23 September 2025, 10:25 AM
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Earthquake off Russia triggers evacuations in US, Japan
  Bangla Press Desk: People in Hawaii, some parts of the US west coast and Japan have been told to evacuate after one of the strongest earthquakes in modern history hit Russia's eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, reports BBC. Tsunami alerts of varying levels have also been issued in parts of China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Guam, Peru and the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador. Hawaii Governor Josh Green has asked people to heed evacuation orders and stay calm while US President Donald Trump advised Americans to be on alert for tsunami warnings. In the afternoon, Josh Green said, "so far we have not seen a wave of consequence." Wave activity hasn't come past the island of Hawaii, he explained, and US officials expected it will be at least two to three more hours until they can give the "all clear".
In Japan, 1.9 million people have been told to evacuate and a tsunami wave of 4.3ft (1.3m) has reached the northern Iwate prefecture, according to the country's weather agency. Early Wednesday, the quake struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan. The magnitude 8.8 quake struck in the morning off Petropavlovsk on Russia's remote Kamchatka peninsula and was one of the 10 biggest recorded, according to the USGS. Russian authorities said a tsunami hit and flooded the port town of Severo-Kurilsk, while local media said one of between three and four metres high was recorded in the Elizovsky district of Kamchatka.
A video posted on Russian social media showed buildings in the town submerged in seawater. Authorities said the population of around 2,000 people was evacuated. Several people were injured in Russia by the quake, state media reported, but none seriously. "The walls were shaking," a Kamchatka resident told state media Zvezda. "It's good that we packed a suitcase, there was one with water and clothes near the door. We quickly grabbed it and ran out... It was very scary," she said.
Authorities in Russia's far eastern Sakhalin region declared a state of emergency in the northern Kuril Islands. The mayor there said that "everyone" was evacuated to safety. This article was originally published on Daily Sun.
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