One of the world's most powerful earthquakes struck far eastern Russia early Wednesday morning, measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale. The earthquake triggered a tsunami in the North Pacific Ocean, prompting authorities to issue tsunami warnings in Alaska, Hawaii, and other coasts as far south as New Zealand. Evacuations were advised in several areas, but no serious injuries were reported.
Russian authorities later declared a state of emergency in the northern Kuril Islands following the tsunami.
The Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences revised its estimate of the magnitude of the earthquake that struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia this Wednesday morning to 8.7 magnitude.
The Geophysical Service reported to Sputnik that the earthquake that struck the Kamchatka Peninsula measured 8.7 magnitude, making it the strongest in the region since 1952.
The agency's statement read: "The strongest earthquake occurred in the Kamchatka seismic hotspot since 1952, with a magnitude of 8.7, according to various estimates."
Russian seismologists warned of strong aftershocks that could continue over the next month, with some possibly reaching a magnitude of 7.5.
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