There is no evacuation of the population due to the predicted tsunami on Sakhalin. They reported that the expected wave height would not exceed half a meter. press service Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of Sakhalin.
“Currently, the warning system has not been activated and the population is not being evacuated,” the department said, adding that the expected wave height is not expected to exceed 50 cm.
The headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations noted that such a wave height does not pose a threat to the life of the public. According to experts, the tsunami will pass off the coast of the Nevelsk region at 20.44 (12.44 Moscow time).
There was a tsunami danger before was announced On Sakhalin. According to experts, coastal areas of the western coast of Sakhalin may be affected by tsunami waves. The tsunami threat was caused by the earthquake in Japan.
January 1 in the west of the country dead a series of strong jolts. The first earthquakes were recorded at 16:06 local time (10:06 Moscow time).
Earlier seismologists was recorded A 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in Peru.