TOKYO: Japan’s meteorological agency said on Wednesday that a powerful, magnite 8.0 earthquake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and issued a tsunami advisory for Japan. The agency said the quake occurred at 8:25 a.m. (2325 GMT Tuesday) and registered a preliminary magnitude of 8.0. It issued an advisory for a tsunami of up to 1 meter (yard) along the Pacific coast of Japan. So far no damage has been reported.

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Russia said the temblor off the Kamchatka peninsula was ‘the strongest in decades’.