A devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia), triggering tsunami warnings in Japan, the US, and multiple areas of the Pacific. The earthquake, the strongest in the region since 1952 according to the Russian Academy of Sciences, occurred at a depth of only 19.3 km, with its epicenter near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Authorities report waves of 3-4 meters in Kamchatka, mass evacuations, and injuries. <br /><br />#Earthquake #Tsunami #Kamchatka #GlobalAlert #teleSUREnglish <br />
