Japan’s Pacific coast is under a tsunami warning of up to three meters
A tsunami warning of up to 3 meters has been issued along Japan’s Pacific coast from Hokkaido to
Wakayama. This comes after an intense earthquake struck east of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
The agency plans to hold a press conference at 10:10 a.m.

A magnitude 8.7 quake that struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia at 8:25 AM Wednesday. The US Geological Survey says it struck at a depth of 18.2 kilometers.

Expert: Largest tsunami could take time to come
An expert says Japan faces a potential tsunami similar in scale to the one caused by a 1952 quake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

Professor Imamura Fumihiko at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science says a roughly three-meter tsunami hit Japan after that quake.

He says that tsunamis triggered around this area are likely to arrive at the expected time, but then would be followed by even larger ones. The professor says the largest could take even longer to reach Japan’s coast.

The government set up an information liaison office at 8:37 a.m.
The government has set up an information liaison office at the crisis management center in the Prime Minister’s Office. Officials from relevant ministries and agencies are contacting local governments to gather information.