US EditionToyota Expands Operations Halt to 11 Plants After Tsunami Warnings
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA, JUL 30 – The 8.8-magnitude earthquake, the strongest since 1952, triggered tsunami waves up to 4 meters and caused one death and multiple injuries, officials said.
- On Wednesday, a powerful earthquake struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, with the US Geological Survey reporting a 8.8-magnitude quake at 11:24 a.m. local time, about 120 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
- Earlier, the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported a magnitude 8.7 tremor—the strongest since 1952—and issued tsunami warnings forecasting hazardous waves up to 3 meters starting around 0100 GMT.
- According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, some 160 miles southwest of the epicenter, the first tsunami waves hit Hokkaido’s coast measuring around 30 cm.
- Authorities moved quickly to keep residents safe, with regional health minister Oleg Melnikov reporting several injuries during evacuations.
- Meanwhile, the US Tsunami Warning System warned of "hazardous tsunami waves" for Alaska and Hawaii coasts and extended watches to Guam and Micronesia.
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Massive Quake Off Russia Triggers Tsunami Warnings, Casualties And Evacuations Across Pacific - Worthy Christian News
By Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY / HONOLULU / TOKYO (Worthy News) – One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the eastern coast of Russia on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings and mass evacuations from Japan and Hawaii to Chile and the U.S. West Coast. The magnitude-8.8 earthquake hit at a shallow depth of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) and was centered 78 miles (126 kilometers) south…
Toyota expands operations halt to 11 plants after tsunami warnings
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it has halted production lines at 11 domestic plants due to tsunami warnings and advisories nationwide after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula the previous day.
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One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan. The magnitude 8.8 quake struck off Petropavlovsk on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula and was the largest since 2011 when one of magnitude 9.1 off Japan caused a tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people. Almost two million people …
Russia's Far East 'land of fire and ice' avoids major damage from earthquake, tsunami
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents to flee buildings but causing only a few injuries.
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