Tsunami alerts issued across the Pacific

A powerful earthquake has occurred off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia at 9:25 a.m. CHST. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.0 and was at a depth of 74 kilometres.

Tsunami Warning in Effect for;

• Aleutian Islands, Samalga Pass, Alaska (30 miles SW of Nikolski) to Attu, Alaska including the Pribilof Islands

• Coastal Japan

Tsunami Advisory in Effect for;

• South Alaska And The Alaska Peninsula, Pacific coasts from Chignik Bay, Alaska to Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska)

• Aleutian Islands, Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska) to Samalga Pass, Alaska (30 miles SW of Nikolski)

• Coastal Japan

Tsunami Watch in Effect for;

• California

• Oregon

• Washington

• British Columbia

• Southeast Alaska

• South Alaska And The Alaska Peninsula

• Hawaii

• Guam

Tsunami waves reaching more than 3 meters above the tide level are possible along some coasts of the northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Russia.

Tsunami waves reaching 1 to 3 meters above the tide level are possible along some coasts of Guam, Hawaii, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Midway Island, Northern Marinas and Palmyra Island.

Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to 1 meters above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Chuuk, Kosrae, Marshall Islands, Palau, Philippines, Pohnpei, Wake Island, and Yap.

Tsunami waves are forecast to be less than 0.3 meters above the tide level for the coasts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan.