ALBAWABA - Authorities in Japan recorded a 1.3-metre tsunami, triggered by the powerful earthquake, which hit Russia earlier, NHK Japan said.
A tsunami of 1.3 metres was marked in a port in Japan's northern Iwate prefecture at 1:52 p.m. local time (0452 GMT) following the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia, Japan's weather agency revealed.
One of the strongest quakes in history hit Russia's sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, causing a tsunami alert across the Pacific.
Thousands were evacuated from Hawaii to Japan due to the tsunami warning.
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook off Petropavlovsk on Russia's remote Kamchatka peninsula and was one of the 10 biggest recorded in the history of the country, according to the USGS report.
Many videos were posted on social media showing buildings shaking due to the quake in Russia, which left several people slightly injured.
Local authorities evacuated around 2,000 people.
