Where are the tsunami warnings?published at 08:27 British Summer Time
People are relocated to a safe area in the Kamchatka region in Russia
The US Tsunami Warning Centres says waves of more than three
metres high are possible along some coasts of Ecuador, the northwestern Hawaiian
islands and Russia.
Waves between one to three metres are possible along some coasts of Chile, Costa Rica, Hawaii, Japan and islands in the
Pacific, it adds.
Waves of up to one
metre were possible elsewhere, including Australia, Colombia, Mexico, New
Zealand, Tonga and Taiwan.
Japan says its citizens should be on high alert, and 1.9 million people are under evacuation orders.
Hawaii is on full tsunami alert, with people told to get to higher ground and ships asked to remain offshore. The mayor of Honolulu has told residents: “Please take this very seriously. Get yourself as high as you possibly
can” though says authorities are yet to see “a wave of consequence”
On the US west coast, the US National Weather Service is telling people to avoid beaches, harbours and marinas.
Chinese authorities have issued a tsunami alert for Zhejiang province and Shanghai city, saying they expect waves of up to one metre.
In Peru, officials have issued a tsunami warning and are keeping “constant surveillance” on the situation.