South Korea's Gangwon province has warned residents to take precautions and move to higher altitude areas after the powerful earthquake that struck north-central Japan today and triggered tsunami warnings, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs and Security.
Its weather service South Korea said earlier that sea levels in some parts of Gangwon Province on the east coast may rise after the initially estimated 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck north-central Japan and issued a cautionary warning.
It had reported that a tsunami of up to 0.3 meters could reach the east coast of South Korea from 11:29 to 12:17 today.
Gangwon Province told residents in emergency text messages to stay away from the coast and move to areas of higher altitude. The city of Shamchok advised residents to move to areas taller than a three-story building, the Ministry of Interior and Security said.
Tsunami warning in Russia
Parts of the western coast of Sakhalin Island and the mainland cities of Vladivostok and Nakhodka, which lie near Japan on Russia's Pacific coast, are threatened by a tsunami, state news agency TASS reported, citing officials.
According to TASS, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia denied earlier reports that evacuation of the population from at-risk areas in Sakhalin is underway.
Source: News Beast
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