Japanese officials said around 900,000 people across the country were under evacuation orders, while Hawaii residents were urged to seek higher ground.
BySiladitya Ray
BySiladitya Ray,
Forbes Staff.
A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, triggering Tsunami warnings across the coastal regions of Japan, the state of Hawaii and northern California as authorities warned that waves is some areas could reach as high as 10 feet.
A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Yokohama, near Tokyo.
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