ALBAWABA - A video has raised eyebrows across social media after a man was spotted swimming in the sea on Hawaii island in the United States, despite the tsunami warning that was issued following the Russian earthquake.
A man was spotted riding waves in Hawaii despite the evacuation calls by the American authorities amid fears of a tsunami.
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami alerts in Japan and Hawaii.
Japan's weather agency said that a 1.3-metre tsunami was recorded in a port in the country's northern Iwate prefecture at 1:52 p.m. local time.
Many videos were posted on social media showing buildings shaking due to the quake in Russia, which left several people slightly injured.
Local authorities evacuated around 2,000 people.
