A powerful earthquake, upgraded to a magnitude of 8.8 by the US Geological Survey, struck off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on Wednesday morning. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 19.3 kilometers, prompting authorities to issue tsunami warnings for coastal areas of Russia, Japan, Alaska, and Hawaii. In Russia, evacuations were underway, and one official stated, "The earthquake has become a serious test for all of us. We have experienced the strongest quakes in recent decades." There was a report of a collapsed wall at a kindergarten, though the building was empty. The event occurred in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically active zone. A journalist on a cruise ship in Alaskan seas reported that passengers were aware of the tsunami threat through news on social media, but the situation onboard was calm and the sea’s tides did not appear unusually high.
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