By Melanie Sun An 8.8 magnitude earthquake has hit off the east coast of Russia, triggering tsunami warnings across the northern Pacific Ocean and a tsunami watch for the entire U.S. West Coast. At 9:26 p.m. PT, the National Weather Service upgraded the watch to a tsunami warning from Cape Mendocino, about 200 miles north […]
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Japan is an island country of East Asia in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It borders the Sea of Japan to the west and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.