Tsunami Alert In Japan After Massive 8.7 Magnitude Earthquake Off Russia Coast

<p>Japan on Wednesday issued a tsunami alert for its Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory after a massive earthquake of 8.0 on the Richter Scale that hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Japanese meteorological agency issued an advisory for a tsunami of up to 3 metres across the Pacific coast of Japan, possibly starting to arrive along the northern Japanese coasts in less than half an hour after the alert, reported Associated Press.&nbsp;</p>