One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula in the Far East early on Wednesday, triggering tsunami waves and dozens of aftershocks.
Here is a look at photos from the aftermath of the magnitude 8.8 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in the Sakhalin region and the Kamchatka region:
Sakhalin regional administration
Flooding in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
Sakhalin regional administration
Flooding in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
Sakhalin regional administration
Flooding in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
Sakhalin regional administration
Flooding in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
Sakhalin regional administration
Flooding in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
Sakhalin regional administration
Flooding in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
Sakhalin regional administration
Flooding in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
Sakhalin regional administration
The collapsed facade of a kindergarten in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka region.
Valeria Kosilova / TASS
A damaged building in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
The Kamchatka Branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Flooding following the tsunami in the town of Severo-Kurilsk, located on Russia’s Kuril islands.
Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences / TASS
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Just for my mindset: Were these pictures taken before or after the earthquake? I can not see any difference………..with normal rural Russia………….
Nobody would notice any difference. Except the garbage might have been swept away by the tsunami.
Thats it, its very clean now………….