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The entire U.S. West Coast was facing a tsunami threat after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake erupted off Russia’s eastern coast on Tuesday. A tsunami warning was issued in Hawaii, Northern California and in Alaska, prompting thousands to evacuate to higher ground. People were also been warned to remain off beaches from Southern California to southern Alaska due to potential impacts.
Damage and minor injuries reported in Russia following earthquake and tsunami
This image shows the aftermath of a tsunami hitting the coastal area of Severo-Kurilsk in the Kuril Islands of Russia on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences via AP)
Reports of damage and minor injuries are emerging out of Russia following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake and tsunami.
Oleg Melnikov, head of the regional health department in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, said a few people hurt themselves while rushing to leave buildings and a hospital patient received an injury while jumping out of a window. Melnikov said that all injured people were in satisfactory condition.
Russian authorities declared a state of emergency on the Kuril Islands and in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the main city on the Kamchatka peninsula.
They earlier reported that several tsunami waves flooded the fishing port of Severo-Kurilsk, the main city on the islands, and cut power supplies to the area. Russia’s Oceanography Institute said tsunami waves that hit the city topped 19 feet.
Severo-Kurilsk Mayor Alexander Ovsyannikov said the city was flooded by four tsunami waves, which washed fishing boats into the sea, but no major damage was recorded in the city.
In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka’s regional capital, the quake damaged a local kindergarten, which was not in operation due to ongoing repair work.
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