According to CCTV News, the Tsunami Warning Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources issued a tsunami yellow alert. Today at 7:24,An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in the offshore waters off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia (52.53°N, 160.16°E), with a focal depth of 20 kilometers (revised source parameters).
Russia, Hawaii in the United States, Japan, and Canada issued tsunami warnings.
The Minister of Emergency Situations of the Kamchatka Krai in Russia's Far East said that after a strong earthquake occurred in the far sea off the east coast of Kamchatka on the 30th,Tsunami waves of 3 to 4 meters high have been detected on some coasts of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
According to the latest monitoring and analysis results, the Tsunami Warning Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources said that the earthquake has triggered a tsunami.It is expected to have disastrous impacts on the coasts of Shanghai, Zhoushan South, Taipei East, Pingxi East, Pingtung East, Southeast Taipei, Northeast Taipei, Hualien and Yilan.
According to reports, Tokyo Electric Power Company of Japan announced that due to the impact of the tsunami, it has suspended the discharge of nuclear contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea at around 9:05 local time.
At 8:51, Tokyo Electric Power Company issued evacuation instructions to employees at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and said it would pay attention to tsunami information and monitor whether the tsunami would have an impact on the nuclear power plant.
