US EditionNo Tsunami Threat to Hawaii From Magnitude 6.8 Quake Off Russia | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Hawaii officials confirmed there is no tsunami threat to the state following a magnitude-7 earthquake in Russia's Kuril Islands on Sunday.
- Oahu Emergency Management stated that the quake posed no danger to Hawaii.
- An eruption at Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka was reported for the first time in 600 years, linked by Russian scientists to the recent earthquake.
- Russian scientists expect strong aftershocks in the region for the next several weeks.
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Expected wave heights after the earthquake are low according to the ministry, but you should move away from the coast.
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The Nation ThailandMagnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes near Kuril Islands, Russia
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck near the Kuril Islands in Russia on Sunday, with no immediate reports of damage or tsunami warnings issued. The tremor occurred at 12.37pm Thailand time on August 3, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), which reported the quake using the Moment Magnitude W-phase method (Mww). The epicentre was located approximately 118 kilometres east of Severo-Kurilsk, Russia, in the North Pacific…
No tsunami threat to Hawaii from magnitude 6.8 quake off Russia | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii after a large 6.8 magnitude earthquake tonight off Russia in the same area of Tuesday’s 8.8 magnitude quake that generated a Pacific-wide tsunami, officials said.
A magnitude earthquake 6.8 on Richter scale reached this Sunday (3) on the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, in the far east of Russia, reported the Russian Unified Geophysical Service (SGU) on its Telegram channel. According to psychologists, this is a new secondary earthquake of magnitude 8.8 that occurred in the last quarter (30) in the region and was the largest since 1952, activating warnings and warnings of tsunamis along the American Pacific …
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