Tsunami expected to hit parts of eastern China: Warning centre

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The Tokyo Skytree (R) is pictured from across Tokyo Bay after much of coastal Japan went on tsunami alert following a 8.7 magnitude quake in the sea off eastern Russia, in Chiba City, Chiba prefecture on July 30, 2025. Tsunamis hit parts of Russia's Far East and Japan on July 30 after a huge magnitude 8.8 earthquake, with warnings in place around the Pacific of waves of over three metres (10 feet) in places. - (Photo by PHILIP FONG / AFP)

Waves of between 30 centimetres and one metre were expected to hit parts of the eastern seaboard after a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

SHANGHAI - China's tsunami warning centre said Wednesday that waves of between 30 centimetres and one metre were expected to hit parts of the eastern seaboard after a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Two people (C) sit out on a breakwater after much of coastal Japan went on tsunami alert following a 8.7 magnitude quake in the sea off eastern Russia, along Tokyo Bay in Chiba City, Chiba prefecture on July 30, 2025. A powerful 8.7 magnitude earthquake off Russia's far east has prompted tsunami alerts across parts of the Pacific including Japan, Hawaii, Russia and Ecuador, and warnings along the California coast, US authorities said. - (Photo by PHILIP FONG / AFP)

"Based on the latest warning and analysis results, the Tsunami Advisory Center of the Ministry of National Resources has determined that the earthquake has triggered a tsunami, which is expected to cause damage to certain coastal areas of China," the advisory centre said. - AFP

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