‘Destructive' tsunami warning for US with evacuations in Hawaii & Japan after monster 8.8 earthquake hits Pacific
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A MONSTER earthquake has struck off the coast of Russia leading to evacuations in Japan and the US over tsunami fears.
Evacuations have been ordered in Japan and the US as one of the largest recorded earthquakes could lead to nightmare waves.
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The magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake - which is the 7th largest ever recorded - hit about 84 miles off the coast at around 7.24pm EST (12:30am BST) at a shallow depth of 19.3 km (12 miles).
Locals in low lying and coastal areas in Japan and Hawaii are now heading for the hills with warning sirens blasting out across Honolulu.
Some 1.9m people in Japan have been ordered to evacuate with small waves already hitting the country.
Vladimir Solodov, Governor of the Kamchatka Territory, told people to stay away from the coast due to the earthquake being the "strongest in decades".
No injuries have been reported so far, but a nursery has been damaged.
Locals in the small town of Severo-Kurilsk are being evacuated.
"Today's earthquake was serious and the strongest in decades of tremors," Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app.
Shortly after the quake hit, another struck the Kamchatka Peninsula with a magnitude of 5.51.
The Japan Weather Agency said it expected a tsunami of one meter (3.28 feet) to reach large coastal areas starting at around 10am local time.
Authorities warned people not to go into the sea and stay away from the coast.
The US Tsunami Warning System also issued a warning of "hazardous tsunami waves" within the next three hours along some coasts of Russia and Japan.
It comes after The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre warned of a tsunami threat to Russia following three earthquakes last week - with the strongest having a magnitude of 7.4.
The largest quake up until now hit around 89 miles east of east of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - 12 miles below the seabed.
A slightly smaller earthquake of 6.7 struck just minutes earlier, along with a third 5.0 magnitude quake.
There were fears Hawaii would also be impacted - but an island-wide tsunami warning was later withdrawn.
Alerts were also issued for Guam and American Samoa.
The USGS had warned of possible 'hazardous tsunami waves' within 300 kilometres of the epicentre in the Pacific.
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