Tsunami warnings in Russia, South Korea and North Korea

According to Fars International News Agency, Russia and North Korea are on alert on Monday after the 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Japan that sent the first tsunami waves to the east coast of South Korea. They were placed for a possible tsunami.

According to the news network website report, korea-south-korea-on-tsunami-alert-after-massive-japan-quake-16485102″>TART Emergency services on the Russian island of Sakhalin near Japan issued a tsunami alert on Monday, saying The western coast of the island may be affected by tsunami waves.

Russian authorities in the city of Vladivostok in the Pacific Ocean also warned and ordered fishermen to go to the shore immediately. come back.

North Korea also issued a tsunami warning for the east coast of this country and announced that waves up to a height of 2.08 meters could reach the shore.

Previously, the Japan Meteorological Organization had announced the occurrence of several earthquakes on the coast of Ishikawa and neighboring prefectures. The strongest earthquake was 7.5 Richter.

Japan also issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower level tsunami warnings or issued recommendations for the rest of the west coast of Honshu. Japan’s “NHK” TV channel warned that the floods may reach a height of five meters and asked people to flee as quickly as possible to the heights or to the top of the nearby buildings.

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