Many houses may go under water: earthquake near Kamchatka caused a powerful tsunami

On the night of July 30, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck near the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, causing a tsunami in Japan and the United States.

This was reported on ABC news.

It is known that coastal areas are being evacuated in Hawaii, and other areas of the west coast of the United States have also been warned of the danger.

Local officials urged residents to leave beaches and evacuate from low-lying areas to hills or take shelter on at least the fourth floor of buildings.

Sirens sounded throughout Hawaii 10 minutes after each hour preceding the tsunami’s impact.

People are fleeing the coast of Hawaii en masse to the interior of the islands. This has led to heavy traffic on the American island of Maui – people are stuck in traffic jams for hours.

The main US naval base in the central Pacific Ocean, Pearl Harbor, and the estates of Hollywood stars and billionaires are under threat of flooding.

The property of Johnny Depp, Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Clint Eastwood, as well as businessmen Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos may go under water.

Potential danger has also been declared for Japan, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador and the Solomon Islands.

In Japan, tsunamis are predicted for at least 8 prefectures, particularly in the central and northeastern regions. Waves up to half a meter high have already been recorded in the east and north of the country. It has also been recorded that the tsunami waves washed several whales onto the shores of Japan.

Earlier it became known that a powerful earthquake occurred in the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia, the magnitude of which reached 8.8. The event caused a tsunami, the height of the waves in some places exceeded 3 meters .