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The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has clarified that there is no threat for India after 8.8-magnitude tremors hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido, triggering a Pacific Ocean tsunami warning and prompting alerts for Alaska, Hawaii and south toward New Zealand on Wednesday.

“NO TSUNAMI THREAT to India and Indian Ocean in connection with this earthquake.” It added, “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),” INCOIS informed on X.

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Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami of 50 centimetres was detected at the Ishinomaki port, the highest detected so far, with 16 other locations reporting a tsunami as high as 40 cm as the waves moved south along the Pacific coast.

The Consulate General of India in San Francisco said it is monitoring the potential tsunami threat following the recent earthquake. It advises Indian nationals in California, other US West Coast states, and Hawaii to take precautionary measures.

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The National Tsunami Warning Centre, based in Alaska, issued a tsunami warning for parts of the Alaska Aleutian Islands, and a watch for portions of the West Coast, including California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii. The advisory also includes a vast swath of Alaska's coastline, including parts of the panhandle.

Earlier in July, five powerful quakes - the largest with a magnitude of 7.4 - struck in the sea near Kamchatka. The largest quake was at a depth of 20 kilometres and was 144 kilometres east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 1,80,000.