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VLADIVOSTOK, February 28, vladivostoktimes.com Tsunami after strong earthquake in Chile is not a threat for the Russian Far East, as the representative of the Far Eastern Regional Center of the RF Emergency Department reported to RIA PrimaMedia.

Underground shocks in Chile were registered Saturday morning (Moscow time) at the distance of 115 kilometers to the north of the Concepcion City at the center part of the country at the depth of 55 kilometers. The seismologists report the amplitude of 8.8. At least 47 people died.

“Chile is very far from the Russian Far East, we are separated by the Pacific Ocean and thousands of kilometers, so there is no tsunami threat for us” said the representative of the Far Eastern Regional Center of the RF Emergency Department.

Also he noted that the consequences of earthquakes at Japan, which is much closer to us than Chile, don’t always influence the Russian Far East.

According to him, Sakhalin tsunami center takes twenty-four-hour control over the situation with earthquakes and tsunami.

The deputy head of the Information Department of the RF Emergency Department Elena Chernova confirmed that there is no tsunami threat for the Russian Far East.

“The same moment we got the first information about the earthquake, the RF Emergency Department experts made some calculations. The results showed that there is no threat for Sakhalin and the Russian Far East” she said.

“Nevertheless, the tsunami alert system in Sakhalin works well. In case of a threat the people will be notified in advance” Chernova added.