An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, the strongest in the region in nearly 73 years, struck in the early hours of the morning in the sea off the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a tsunami in Russia and Japan and prompting emergency warnings for citizens in almost all countries bordering the ocean.
Watch videos from the time of the earthquake
Whoahhhhh! Videos showing the shaking from the M8.7 earthquake that hit off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia 😱👀😱 pic.twitter.com/Q5dYAstWil
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) July 30, 2025
Doctors in Russia continued surgery on a patient despite a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake striking, the region’s health minister said on his Telegram channel.
More on the earthquake and the resulting tsunami warnings: https://t.co/ZwF8vaaLz2 pic.twitter.com/034aVGqA26
— ABC News (@ABC) July 30, 2025
Wow!!! Talk about scary. Video of Earthquake in Russia !!
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) July 30, 2025
