STORY: Aerial views showed people taking shelter on top of the Iburitobu Fire Department in Mukawa town, near the coastline of Hokkaido in northern Japan on Wednesday (July 30) after the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a tsunami warning following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake which struck off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.

The JMA later upgraded its warning, saying it expected waves of up to 3 metres (10 feet) to reach large coastal areas starting around 0100 GMT. National broadcaster NHK said evacuation orders had been issued by the government across a large part of Japan's Pacific coast.

Factory workers and residents in Hokkaido were evacuated to a hill overlooking the ocean, broadcaster TBS announced.

"Please evacuate quickly. If you can, move quickly to higher ground and away from the coast," a newscaster on Japanese public broadcaster NHK said.

The Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan sit on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a geologically active region prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

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VIDEO SHOWS: PEOPLE TAKING SHELTER ON ROOF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING/ HOKKAIDO'S COASTLINE FOLLOWING MAJOR QUAKE IN RUSSIA'S KAMCHATKA PENINSULA THAT TRIGGERED A TSUNAMI WARNING

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SHOWS: HOKKAIDO, JAPAN (JULY 30, 2025) (NNN / JAPAN - No use Japan / Cannot re-use after 30 days from transmission without permission from NNN)

1. VARIOUS OF AERIAL VIEW OF PEOPLE TAKING SHELTER ON ROOF OF IBURITOBU FIRE DEPARTMENT

2. PERSON RUNNING ON DOCK OF HARBOR

3. BOATS AND VEHICLES LEAVING HARBOR

4. AERIAL VIEW OF BREAKWATER

5. BOAT SAILING IN OPEN WATER

6. AERIAL VIEW OF WAVES CRASHING ONTO SHORE

7. VARIOUS OF COASTLINE

8. AERIAL VIEW OF WAVES CRASHING ONTO SHORE

9. VARIOUS OF COASTLINE

10. VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF VEHICLES DRIVING ON HIGHWAY