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Important International Tsunami ALERT as Russia Hit by HUGE 7.8 MAG Earthquake

International Tsunami ALERT Issued as Russia Hit by HUGE 7.8 MAG Earthquake

A huge earthquake with a 7.8 magnitude has hit a strategically key area of eastern Russia, which has many naval and air bases, with a tsunami warning issued for the region


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A massive earthquake has rocked eastern Russia with a tsunami warning issued for the region.




The quake has measured in at a whopping 7.8 on the Richter Scale, providing significant force and struck Russias city of Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy, near the Kamchatka peninsula. The quake was at a depth of 10 km 6.21 miles, the US Geological Survey said. The region is also strategically important for Russia, as it hosts Russian Pacific Submarine Fleet and numerous airbases.

There is the Yelizovo Air Base, which is located in Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky itself and adding to this, Vilyuchinsk Submarine Base, a significant Pacific Fleet base is about 20/30 km away in Vilyuchinsk, as well as the the Sharomy Air Base, a naval air base situated about 143 km north of the city.

It is not known if the submarines or airplanes were evacuated in time and there is little information so far about the overall damage caused by the earthquake.

The governor of Kamchatka, Vladimir Solodov, stated that all emergency services have been put on high alert with a tsunami warning issued by Russian authorities.

The US National Weather Services Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii announced a tsunami advisory following the quake. Other countries have been warned to prepare for a potential tsunami including Japan. The impact is expected to travel across the Pacific, with people in Hawaii warned to be ready.

Kamchatsky has a population of 181k people and sits on the Kuril Kamchatka Arc, which extends 2,100 km from Hokkaido, Japan along the Kuril Islands and the Pacific coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

The Kuril Kamchatka Arc is one of the most seismically active regions in the world. The largest megathrust earthquake to occur along the arc in the 20th century was the November 4, 1952 measuring 9.0 magnitude.



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