How Hawaii and Japan prepared for, responded to massive Tsunami | Photos

Published on Jul 30, 2025 01:29 pm IST

One of the strongest quakes hit Russia's Far East, triggering 4m tsunamis and evacuations across the Pacific, from Hawaii to Japan.

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Heavy traffic queues up along the Ala Way Harbor, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii as residents and tourists try to clear the place out, after tsunami alerts were issued across the city.(AFP)

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Heavy traffic queues up along the Ala Way Harbor, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii as residents and tourists try to clear the place out, after tsunami alerts were issued across the city.(AFP)

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Tsunami warnings (red), advisories (yellow), and threats (purple) issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Tsunami Warning System, across parts of the Pacific including Japan, Hawaii, Russia and Ecuador, and the California coast after a massive quake of 8.7 magnitude hit Russia's far east on July 30, 2025.(AFP)

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Tsunami warnings (red), advisories (yellow), and threats (purple) issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Tsunami Warning System, across parts of the Pacific including Japan, Hawaii, Russia and Ecuador, and the California coast after a massive quake of 8.7 magnitude hit Russia's far east on July 30, 2025.(AFP)

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Powerful waves strike the coastline of Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture, as police officers ask a man to evacuate the empty beach.(AFP)

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Powerful waves strike the coastline of Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture, as police officers ask a man to evacuate the empty beach.(AFP)

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Footage issued by Russia's Emergencies Ministry showing emergency service specialists as they inspect a kindergarten damaged by the earthquake in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskyi.(AFP)

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Footage issued by Russia's Emergencies Ministry showing emergency service specialists as they inspect a kindergarten damaged by the earthquake in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskyi.(AFP)

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Vacationers at 'Aston Waikiki Circle Hotel' in Honolulu, Hawaii, looking out at Waikiki Beach after tsunami alerts were issued by the authorities, following the earthquake that struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.(REUTERS)

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Vacationers at 'Aston Waikiki Circle Hotel' in Honolulu, Hawaii, looking out at Waikiki Beach after tsunami alerts were issued by the authorities, following the earthquake that struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.(REUTERS)

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Tourists at a parking queue at Inage Seaside Park, as evacuation alerts were issued throughout much of coastal Japan, along Tokyo Bay in Chiba City.(AFP)

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Tourists at a parking queue at Inage Seaside Park, as evacuation alerts were issued throughout much of coastal Japan, along Tokyo Bay in Chiba City.(AFP)

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Strong waves wash past a building located in the coastline of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia.(REUTERS)

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Strong waves wash past a building located in the coastline of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Severo-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia.(REUTERS)

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A snapshot from a video released by Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, after the tsunami hit coastal areas of Paramushir island of Kuril Islands, Russia.(AP)

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A snapshot from a video released by Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, after the tsunami hit coastal areas of Paramushir island of Kuril Islands, Russia.(AP)

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