Video shows Russian medics performing surgery during one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded
Security camera footage of the operation, released by the local health minister, shows the team of four healthcare professionals gripping the patient as the operating room begins to violently shake.
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The surgery was performed in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, according to Kamchatka Health Minister Oleg Melnikov.
'Despite the danger, the doctors remained calm and stayed with the patient until the very end,' Melnikov wrote on Telegram, adding the patient is out of danger.
He did not release any other information about the operation or the patient.
The Russian earthquake, which hit off of the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, was one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded, according to data from the US Geological Survey.
On Wednesday, local authorities called the earthquake 'a remarkable event', noting it was the biggest tremor in the region since 1952.
Tsunami waves from the earthquake hit Russia, Japan — where nearly two million people were asked to evacuate — Hawaii, Alaska and parts of the West Coast.
No deaths have been reported.
Tsunami advisories have been downgraded in Hawaii, but remain in effect for the slate of islands, Alaska and parts of the West Coast. Tsunami warnings remain in effect for several countries in the South Pacific, including Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday that the threat of a 'major' tsunami on the West Coast has 'passed completely'.
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