"10-feet Waves…" Japan, Hawaii Hit After Huge Quake Off Russia Triggers Tsunami Across Pacific |4K

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday (July 29), 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. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:42 TSUNAMI HITS RUSSIA AND JAPAN COAST4:10 TSUNAMI RETURNS TO JAPAN5:35 WARNINGS ACROSS THE PACIFIC

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