The video has over 130,000 views on the RT X account.
Russia was hit with an 8.8 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday, one of the strongest recorded on the Richter Scale. The earthquake hit the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula of Russia and sent a Tsunami warning across the Pacific Ocean. Multiple videos from the region show the buildings shaking as a result of the earthquake. The quake caused waves as high as four metres (12 feet), flooding coastal areas and prompting evacuations.
Amid all this, another video was shared by Russia's state-controlled news network, RT, which shows doctors continuing operations during the earthquake.
The video posted by the Russian state-controlled news network on their X account is claimed to be from a cancer hospital in Kamchatka. In the video doctors can be seen operating on a patient during the earthquake despite experiencing violent shakes. According to the post, which quotes the health ministry, the patient in the video is doing well.
"Doctors in Kamchatka kept calm during the powerful quake — and never stopped the surgery They stayed with the patient until the end The patient is doing well, according to the Health Ministry," the post read.
The seismic event triggered tsunami warnings and advisories across a vast area of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, China, and even New Zealand. In Japan, waves up to 60 centimetres (2 feet) reached Hokkaido, while Kamchatka experienced waves between 3–4 metres (10 to 13 feet). Alaska’s Aleutian Islands recorded a rise of up to 30 centimetres (1.4 feet).
In Japan, the memory of the devastating 2011 tsunami prompted swift evacuations, though no issues were reported at nuclear plants. Meanwhile, traffic gridlocks hit Hawaii's capital as residents moved inland, and ports in Kamchatka were flooded.
Dave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator at the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska, called the event “absolutely notable” and “a significant earth event.”
