New Delhi, July 30 -- Japan's meteorological agency said on Tuesday that a powerful earthquake hit near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and issued a tsunami advisory for Japan.

The agency said the quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 8.0. It issued an advisory for a tsunami of up to 1 metre along the Pacific coast of Japan.

The quake was about 250 kilometers away from Hokkaido and was felt only slightly, according to Japan's NHK television.

It sparked a Tsunami watch for Hawaii on Tuesday as well as a tsunami alert for Russia's far east coast, as per the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

"Today's earthquake was serious and the strongest in decades of tremors," Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a video posted on the Telegra...