In photos | Tsunami -waves reach Japan, Hawaii and California after 8.8 earthquake in Russia

Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limit all rights reserved. Business News / Photos / In Photos | Tsunami -waves reach Japan, Hawaii and California after 8.8 Russia earthquake 10 photos. Updated: 30 Jul 2025, 05:15 IST Livemint after a massive earthquake, which registered 8.8 on the Richter scale, struck the coast of Russia early Wednesday, and Tsunami warnings were issued in Russia, China, Japan, the United States, New Zealand, Peru and other Eastern Coastal Nations. Here are some images of destruction. 1/10 This video grab of a drone section material released on July 30, 2025 by Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences shows the tsunami hit Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir Island of the northern Kuril Islands of Russia. A massive earthquake that registers 8.8 on the Richter scale struck Russia’s coast early Wednesday. (AFP) 2/10 People take shelter at a temporary tsunami void in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert to the country’s Pacific coast to a powerful earthquake outside Rusland’s Kammatka -Peninsule. The photo was taken by Kyodo News Agency. Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido and Tokyo were also affected by tsunami waves. (via Reuters) 3/10 officials ask people to vacate an empty beach due to a tsunami alert in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. (AFP) 4/10 This handout photograph released by the Sakhalin region on July 30, 2025, shows the Tsunami hit Severo-Kurilsk on the North Kuril Islands Paramushir Island. Tsunami warnings were issued for parts of Russia, Japan and the American Pacific curses after a massive earthquake was beaten on the Russia’s remote and sparsely populated eastern coast on Wednesday. (AFP) 5/10 This image, taken from a video released by the geophysical service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, shows the aftermath of a tsunami that hits the coastal area of Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir Island of the Kuril Islands, Russia. (AP) 6/10A police officer rides at Santa Monica Pier while warning the public about the regular closing time amid a tsunami alert in Santa Monica, California. Russia seems to have hit the worst earthquake so far, with some damage reported near the epicenter of the Kamchatka earthquake. (AFP) 7/10A woman lies at an evacuation tower in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Northern Japan, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert to the country’s Pacific coast to a powerful earthquake of the Russia’s Kamchatka. This earthquake is the strongest since 2011, when a megaquake hit 9.1 northeastern Japan. (via Reuters) 8/10 passengers look at a notice at a Tokyo train station stating that part of the Shinkansen bullet train service has been temporarily suspended due to a tsunami warning. More than 1,900 temporary shelters were erected across Shanghai on Wednesday while relentless rain drenched the streets, and pedestrians struggled winds. (Reuters) 9/10 This video -grabbing a handout released by the Russia’s emergency ministries on July 30, 2025, shows that emergency services specialists are investigating a damaged building to an earthquake on the Far Eastern Sakhalin Island. (AFP) 10/10 This grab from a handout video released by the Russian Ministry of Emergency on July 30, 2025, shows that rescue workers evacuate people in the Russia’s Kamchatka region after an earthquake of the Russia’s Far East Coast fell from the Russia. Severo-Kurilsk, on the south coast of Kamchatka, has done the worst damage in the Kurile Archipel of Russia, with a video showing serious floods across the harbor. (AFP) other galleries