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Russia Declares Emergency On Tsunami-Hit Islands

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan.

By Channels Television
Updated July 30, 2025
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FILES: This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia’s President Vladimir Putin answering Russian journalists’ questions after a meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek on October 13, 2023. (Photo by Pavel BEDNYAKOV / POOL / AFP)

 

Authorities in Russia’s far eastern Sakhalin region declared on Wednesday a state of emergency in the northern Kuril Islands, where tsunami waves have damaged buildings and caused flooding.

“A state of emergency has been declared in the North Kuril District, where an earthquake and tsunami occurred today,” the Sakhalin government said in a statement.

 

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