Overview

• An 8.8 magnitude quake struck off southern Kamchatka on July 29 at about 18.2 kilometers depth, according to the US Geological Survey.
• Immediate multi-agency warnings from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Japan Meteorological Agency and NOAA prompted coastal evacuations in Russia’s Kuril Islands, Japan’s Pacific coast, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
• Four-meter tsunami waves inundated Severo-Kurilsk, flooding streets and displacing residents without causing reported fatalities.
• Japan has lifted warnings on its central and southwestern Pacific shores but maintains alerts from Hokkaido to Chiba as it evaluates ongoing wave data.
• Authorities continue to monitor seismic activity and sea-level fluctuations while conducting damage assessments in affected coastal communities.