OREANDA-NEWS  Kamchatka will be hit by a storm that can bring waves up to nine meters high to the peninsula. The regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations warned about this.

A storm warning has been announced in the waters of the Bering Sea, which will take effect on the evening of April 22 and will remain in effect until the morning of the 23rd. Gale force winds are expected, and dangerous sea waves up to eight to nine meters high are possible off the coast of the Commander Islands in the Aleutian District.

Owners of vessels located in high-risk areas are urged to take all necessary precautions.

Previously, seismologists allowed the formation of tsunami waves in the Kamchatka and Kuril Islands. The height of the waves, according to various experts, can vary from three meters to several centimeters. Their occurrence was associated with a powerful earthquake in Japan that occurred on April 20. Its magnitude reached 7.5. A tsunami threat with waves up to three meters high has been declared for the Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido regions.

On April 21, an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred off the coast of Kamchatka. It was palpable: residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky then felt tremors with a force of three points. There was no information about casualties or damage.