Widespread tsunami warnings after magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia's east coast |sunmax966

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Japan and the US have issued tsunami warnings after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Russia on Wednesday.

Official evacuation orders have been issued to people on the Pacific coast of Japan and in Hawaii

The first tsunami waves, at 30 cm high, arrived at the northern coast of Japan's Hokkaido prefecture before 10:40 local time (02:40 BST), Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported