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A powerful earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.7 struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia at about 8:25 a.m. on Wednesday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue tsunami warnings along the Pacific coastlines of 13 prefectures, from Hokkaido to Wakayama.