LIVE: Japan Braces for Tsunami and Gives Evacuation Order

Описание: Evacuations in US and Japan after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s far east.

Coastal water is receding by 20-30ft (6-9m) at Haleiwa Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii’s most populous island, the state’s governor Josh Green said in a recent press conference.

Boats were left to lie on dry rock and sand. “That gave us pause,” Green said.

Oahu Emergency Management have posted on X: “Tsunami waves are currently impacting Hawaii. Take Action NOW!”

So far no damage has been recorded on the island, but it will take several hours until the worst of the tsunami has passed, the governor said.

Japan has learnt its lesson from past earthquakes, Kazuto Suzuki, professor of science policy at the University of Tokyo, has said, with good early warning infrastructure and well prepared residents helping to avoid casualties so far.

Suzuki recalled an earthquake in 2011, which killed more than 18,000 people in Japan. He told Sky News: “We had a very serious reminder of the importance of evacuating early. It seems there were no injuries, no casualties, so far I think the early warning system has worked very well.”

California has started to see its first tsunami waves, according to CNN, with elevated water levels witnessed in Crescent City, in the northern part of the state.

So far, waves of one foot have been observed, but more are expected soon.

The city is located along a 100-mile stretch of northern California’s coast that is under a tsunami warning, the highest alert level — while the rest of America’s west coast is under a tsunami advisory.

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