(Update 6) Tsunamis Observed in Japan after Kamchatka Quake

(Update 6) Tsunamis Observed in Japan after Kamchatka Quake

Masashi Kiyomoto, senior coordinator for earthquake and tsunami risk reduction at the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday to brief reporters on a powerful earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula the same day and subsequent tsunamis that reached many locations in Japan.
Masashi Kiyomoto, senior coordinator for earthquake and tsunami risk reduction at the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday to brief reporters on a powerful earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula the same day and subsequent tsunamis that reached many locations in Japan.

   Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)--Tsunamis reached Japan on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake struck near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula the same day.
   A 1.3-meter-high tsunami was observed at 1:52 p.m. at a port in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
   By 7:45 p.m., tsunamis of 80 centimeters were observed in the city of Nemuro in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, north of Iwate, and on the Tokyo island of Hachijojima. Tsunamis of 70 centimeters arrived at the cities of Ishinomaki and Sendai in, Miyagi Prefecture, which neighbors Iwate to the south, the city of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, south of Miyagi, and the island of Tanegashima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
   The Japan Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings at 9:40 a.m. to many areas facing the Pacific Ocean, spanning from Hokkaido to the Kii Peninsula in western Japan, as well as Tokyo's Izu and Ogasawara islands. The agency said that the tsunami height may reach up to 3 meters.
   All warnings were downgraded to advisories by 8:45 p.m.

(2025/07/30-22:19)

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