Yelizovo Airport was operating normally during the earthquake in Kamchatka

Yelizovo Airport in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky continued to operate normally during the earthquake in Kamchatka. This was announced on July 30 by the press service of the air harbor.

"For the safety of passengers, a temporary evacuation of the waiting room was carried out. There is damage to the decoration, including decorative ceiling panels," they wrote on the airport's page on the VKontakte social network.

According to the press service, "the airport building was designed and built taking into account the requirements of 10-point seismicity." Currently, flights are operating on schedule, the runway, apron and taxiways are in satisfactory condition, no damage has been detected.

An earthquake in Kamchatka of magnitude 8.7 occurred earlier in the day. A tsunami threat has been announced on the coast of Avacha Bay in Kamchatka due to a strong earthquake. As a result of a seismic event in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the wall of one of the kindergartens collapsed. An emergency regime has been introduced in the North Kuril region of the Sakhalin Region.

Later, the governor of the Sakhalin Region, Valery Limarenko, announced that the first wave of the tsunami had hit the territory of the coastal zone of Severo-Kurilsk. He added that residents are being evacuated in the city, and all necessary measures have been taken to ensure people's safety. Later, on behalf of the Governor of the Kamchatka Territory, Vladimir Solodov, a regional headquarters was deployed.

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