At approximately 9:24 a.m. local time on July 30, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the sea east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
The epicenter was located 136 kilometers southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city with a population of 187,000. The depth of the earthquake was observed to be 19 kilometers.
The United States Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) issued a warning that a tsunami could strike Russia and Japan within three hours. The U.S. tsunami warning system issued a "tsunami warning" for parts of the coasts of Alaska and Russia, and set a "watch" level for Guam and some areas of Micronesia, according to Reuters.
The Japan Meteorological Agency also announced that, due to the strong earthquake that occurred in the Kamchatka Peninsula at around 8:20 a.m. Japan time on the same day, a tsunami advisory was issued for the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported, "The Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Kyushu," and stated, "The expected height of the tsunami is one meter." The report added, "As of 8:45 a.m., there have been no reports of related damage."
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