Massive Quake off Russia's Far East Triggers Pacific-Wide Tsunami Alerts

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A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific. Taiwan has issued warnings of waves of up to one meter.

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00:00Taiwan is among the countries issuing tsunami alerts after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck

00:06off Russia's Far East coast.

00:08The massive quake hit near the Kamkashka Peninsula on Wednesday morning, triggering widespread

00:14tsunami warnings and evacuations across the Pacific region.

00:18A 4-metre wave inundated a port town in Russia's Far East.

00:22Alerts have also been issued in the U.S. states of Alaska and Hawaii, as well as Guam and

00:28Micronesia.

00:29In northern Japan, residents have been told to evacuate coastal areas.

00:33Taiwan's weather officials expected waves of up to one metre to reach its coasts this

00:38afternoon, but no damage has been reported so far.

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