HKO says tsunami waves 'too low to be observed'

The Observatory said the tsunami waves generated by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia "should have reached Hong Kong by now", but the tsunami heights of the first couple of waves were "too low to be observed."

The forecaster said it will continue monitoring the arrival of subsequent tsunami waves on Wednesday night.

The Observatory earlier expected the waves to exceed the normal tide level by around 0.1 metre or less and to recur at intervals of 5 to 60 minutes.

The predicted normal tides today are:

High water 1.82 metres  at 12.46 pm
Low water 0.82 metre at 6.58 pm

Tsunami heights recorded around the Pacific:

Kujiko, Honshu, Japan: 1.3 metres
Hachijojima, Japan: 0.8 metres
Nakanoshima, Japan: 0.4 metres

(Updated at 6.28pm)