As Tsunami hit several coastal areas of Russia and Japan following a massive earthquake of magnitude 8.7 off East Coast of Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) on Wednesday said that there was no threat to India and the Indian Ocean.
“Tsunami Warning Centre, @ESSO_INCOIS detected an earthquake of M 8.7 on 30 July 2025 at 04:54 IST (29 July 2025 at 23:24 UTC) @ Off East Coast of Kamchatka (Location: 52.57 N, 160.08 E),” the INCOIS said in a post on X, adding there was, “NO TSUNAMI THREAT to India and Indian Ocean in connection with this earthquake.”
The Pacific Ocean Tsunami was triggered after a massive quake, 8.7 on the Richter scale earthquake, struck off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.
The quake, centred approximately 119 kilometres (74 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, was a shallow one at depth of 19.3 km (12 miles).
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which measured the quake at magnitude 8.8, it was the largest earthquake since 2011 when a magnitude 9 quake jolted Japan.
The Kamchatka Peninsula quake was followed by several aftershocks with the strongest measured at magnitude 6.9 just minutes after the first one.
Meanwhile, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued alerts for several Pacific nations and territories, noting that waves of more than 3 meters (yards) were possible in some areas.
Coastal regions of Alaska, Hawaii, Chile, the Solomon Islands, and even down to New Zealand were placed on high alert.