Overview

• Tsunami warnings have been downgraded across large swaths of the Pacific, but evacuations persist in select coastal areas.
• No major casualties have been reported to date, with only localized flooding in Severo-Kurilsk and precautionary evacuations at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
• At least six aftershocks, including magnitudes of 6.9 and 6.3, have rattled the Kamchatka region, and experts warn tremors up to magnitude 7.5 could follow.
• Ports in Peru have closed and Japanese rail services remain suspended as governments assess ongoing tsunami and seismic threats.
• Monitoring agencies USGS, PTWC and JMA are tracking ocean swells and seismic activity during continued risk of additional tsunami waves.