Tsunami expected to hit parts of eastern China: Warning centre

An empty beach in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan on July 30, 2025 after beachgoers evacuated as a powerful earthquake in Russia's Far East prompted tsunami alert in parts of Japan. - AP

SHANGHAI: China's tsunami warning centre said Wednesday (July 30) that waves of between 30cm and one metre were expected to hit parts of the eastern seaboard after a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

"Based on the latest warning and analysis results, the Tsunami Advisory Center of the Ministry of National Resources has determined that the earthquake has triggered a tsunami, which is expected to cause damage to certain coastal areas of China," the advisory centre said. - AFP