A strong earthquake off the coast of Taiwan will not lead to a tsunami off the coast of Russia’s Far East. I told you this TASS Head of Tsunami Center of Sakhalin Hydrometeorological Service Tatyana Ivelskaya.
“The region where the earthquake occurred does not pose a tsunami hazard for the Russian coast. But we will watch,” the expert explained.
The magnitude of the earthquake that occurred on the east coast of Taiwan on the morning of April 3 was increased to 7.7. This was stated by a representative of the Japanese National Meteorological Administration.
According to initial determinations, the magnitude of the earthquake amount 7.5. However, experts later revised their estimate of the magnitude of the earthquake to 7.7.
After the earthquake, residents of the islands, which are part of Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, were warned about the danger of tsunami. The giant wave has already reached the islands of Yonaguni, Ishigaki and Miyakojima.
The height of the tsunami that reached Yonaguni Island was 0.3 meters.
There are reports of buildings collapsing in Taiwan. While the number of victims was unclear, some people were trapped in dilapidated houses.
Formerly an airport in Okinawa, Japan stopped acceptance and departure of flights after earthquakes.