Tsunami threat looms over Russia and Hawaii after series of earthquakes
Two powerful tremors – the larger with a magnitude of 7.4 – struck the sea near the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The larger quake was at a depth of 12 miles and was 89 miles east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 180,000.
A few minutes earlier, a second one with a magnitude of 6.7 was recorded nearby.
As a result, Hawaii has been put on a tsunami watch – a lesser threat than the warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry says tsunami of up to 60 centimeters is possible.
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