One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific.

No substantial damage has been reported so far, but authorities warned people away from shorelines and said the risk could last more than a day.

Russian authorities said several people were injured, without giving a figure.

Oleg Melnikov, head of the regional health department, said a few people hurt themselves while rushing to leave buildings and a hospital patient received an injury while jumping out of a window.

Melnikov said that all injured people were in satisfactory condition.

The 8.8 magnitude quake was centered about 119 kilometers (74 miles) east-southeast from the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, which has a population of 180,000, on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Multiple aftershocks as strong as 6.9 magnitude followed.

Russia’s Oceanology Institute said that tsunami waves might have been as high as 10-15 meters (33-49 feet) in some sections of the Kamchatka coast.

It said the waves that hit Severo-Kurilsk on the Kurils topped 6 meters (19 feet).

Meanwhile, a video released by the health department showed a team of doctors at a cancer clinic on Kamchatka holding a patient and clutching medical equipment as the quake rocked an operating room, before continuing with surgery after the shaking stopped.

Officials said the doctors will receive decorations.

COURTESY: Validated UGC via Kamchatka Life Telegram channel | via Associated Press

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