Tsunami alerts issued after powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake off Russia | News

Tsunami alerts have been issued after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake off Russia’s east coast.

The quake struck 136 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s far east, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday.

Japan’s meteorological agency issued a tsunami advisory for the country, warning of waves of up to 1 meter high.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an immediate “tsunami watch” for the state of Hawaii.

The Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said in a social…