The third wave of the tsunami on Kurils is the strongest, it flows into the port and fish processing businesses, but no one is injured. This has been announced by the Governor of Sakhalin Valery Limarenko in the atmosphere of Russian TV channel 24.
According to him, at the time of arrival, everyone tried to evacuate. 2400 people climbed up the hill and still there, waiting for a signal that there would be no more tsunami.
In the area, electrical networks may be damaged while the scale is unknown, but the electricity is disconnected, the governor said.
Limarenko added that his first vice will fly to Sever-Kurilsk to organize all the tasks on the spot, ordering everything in order.
The earthquake of about 8.7 occurred in the Pacific near Kamchatka at about 11:30 local time (2:30 Moscow) with a 161 km center east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at a depth of 32 km. This is the strongest earthquake in the region since 1952. The threat of the tsunami has been declared, the wave up to 4 meters has been recorded. The Russian government and Japanese neighbors urged residents to leave the coastal area.
