In Severo-Kurilsk, a town of 2,000 residents located 350 kilometres southwest of the epicentre, waves up to four metres high submerged the local fishing plant and reached a World War II monument 400 metres inland. Mayor Alexander Ovsyannikov confirmed evacuations were completed successfully. “Everyone was evacuated. There was enough time, a whole hour. So everyone was evacuated, all the people are in the tsunami safety zone,“ he said during a crisis meeting.
Authorities in Sakhalin region declared a state of emergency as seismic monitors warned of potential aftershocks reaching 7.5 magnitude. The earthquake was recorded as the region’s strongest since 1952. - AFP
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