United States Geological Survey dalam satu kemas kininya di Twitter sebentar tadi memaklumkan satu kejadian gempa bumi bermagnitud 7.8 melanda kawasan pantai di Pulau Kuril di Rusia.
Susulan gempa berkenaan, beberapa media turut melaporkan amaran tsunami dikeluarkan untuk kawasan berdekatan termasuk di Hawai.
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Large quake about 20 minutes ago in Kuril Islands (Russia). Tsunami may go as much as 600 miles away. At this moment no threat for USA West Coast @fox12oregon pic.twitter.com/dIyFIbgOYL
— Mark Nelsen (@MarkNelsenKPTV) March 25, 2020
7.8 earthquake, 222km SSE of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia. 2020-03-25 13:49:21 at epicenter (11m ago, depth 59km). https://t.co/EYeWWq1j9r
— Earthquakes Tsunamis (@NewEarthquake) March 25, 2020
BREAKING: Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues tsunami alert for Russia's Far East, tsunami watch for Hawaii
— BNO News (@BNONews) March 25, 2020
Magnitude 7.8 quake strikes off Russia's Kuril Islands – USGS pic.twitter.com/UD4aKjjqYq
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 25, 2020
#BREAKING: National Weather Service issues Tsunami Watch for Hawaii following preliminary 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Kuril Islands.
— Hawaii News Now (@HawaiiNewsNow) March 25, 2020