Tsunami waves that crashed into the Russian Pacific town of Severo-Kurilsk exceeded three metres (9.8ft) in height, and the most powerful was as big as five metres (16.4ft), Russia’s Ria Novosti news agency reports, citing emergency services.
According to the news agency, the town’s port area and a fish factory were flooded by four tsunami waves that followed after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that hit earlier today of Russian far east coast.
A state of emergency has been declared in the area, the agency added.
Source – ALJAZEERA
