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Tsunami warning LIVE updates: Millions evacuated after strongest earthquake recorded since 2011 hits Russia; warnings issued for Pacific nations; Hawaii downgrades threat
A powerful earthquake has triggered tsunami warnings and evacuations across the Pacific from Japan to Hawaii. Follow our live updates.
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Tsunami waves hit Hawaii as magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Russia sparks Pacific alert
A powerful earthquake struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, damaging buildings, prompting evacuations and triggering tsunami warnings in Japan and parts of the US.
- Satoshi Sugiyama
People look to escape a building as earthquake strikes Kamchatka
Eyewitness footage show point of view of person escaping building as earthquake strikes Kamchatka. Video credit: Instagram @iaemak.k
Tsunami waves crashing onto the coastal town of Severo-Kurilsk in Russia's Sakhalin region
Eyewitness footage showing tsunami waves crashing onto the coastal town of Severo-Kurilsk in Russia's Sakhalin region following an earthquake in Kamchatka.
Emergency workers arrive at damaged Kindergarten after earthquake
Footage from Russian Emergency Ministry showing emergency workers and vehicles at site of damaged Kindergarten after earthquake. Video credit: Russian Ministry for Emergencies / Reuters
Magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Russia sparks tsunami warnings
Tsunami warnings are heard in Honolulu and Japan issues a warning along its Pacific coast after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.
4.8 magnitude earthquake wakes residents in Perth
Geoscience Australia reported tremors were felt as far away as Fremantle, Perth and Mandurah.
- Heather McNeill
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I lived through Fukushima. Australia should think twice about nuclear
Despite the fallout from the devastating 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, Japan remains locked in to nuclear power. Australia can still choose other less dangerous sources of energy.
- Ayumi Honda
‘Voldemort policy’: Labor, Coalition deny hiding energy plans in nuclear election
An earthquake shook a region slated for one of Peter Dutton’s nuclear plants and the PM visited another in a campaign in which the energy debate has been quietly shifted off stage.
- Mike Foley
Sydney high-rises rattled by Hunter Valley earthquake
Dozens of residents in Sydney towers reported feeling the quake which struck just before 3am. People as far south as Wollongong also reported tremors.
- Riley Walter
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