Tsunami warning issued after huge earthquake off the coast of Russia
The strongest of those quakes, which were measured in quick succession, came in at 7.5-magnitude on the Richter scale.
A tsunami watch is now in effect for the American state Hawaii, which is located in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Alerts were also issued for Guam and American Samoa, but have since been rescinded.
According to the United States Geological Survey, there were three earthquakes in quick succession. The first was at 5.0-magnitude, the second at 6.7, and the last at 7.4, which was a fraction higher according to other measurements.
The USGS warned that 'hazardous tsunami waves are possible' within 300 kilometres of the epicentre in the Pacific, off the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
That city has a population of about 160,000 people.
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