US EditionTsunami Warnings for New Zealand Cancelled Following Russia Earthquake
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The remote Kamchatka peninsula, located in the eastern tip of Russia, continued this Thursday under constant seismic shocks following the powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the region the day before. READ ALSO Tsunami Hits Russia's Kurile Islands The earthquake, occurring at a depth of 20.7 kilometers, generated a series of at least eight replicas in just one hour, with intensities ranging between 4.5 and 6.7 degrees, reported by the …
Yesterday, virtually everyone woke up with the news that at some point in the Pacific Ocean in front of Russia’s easternmost peninsula, Kamchatka, an earthquake of enormous magnitude had flooded several islands, so the worst was feared: that there would be a great tsunami that could reach the coasts of several countries. Japan, which still has fresh memories of the earthquake and the tsunami of Fukushima, was among the first to give the red aler…
The great magnitude of the earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka (8.8 degrees on the Richter scale) caused all the alarms to jump off the Pacific Ocean coast, motivating tsunami alerts and evacuations in Russia, China, Japan, the Hawaii Islands and even on the other side of the world, in California (USA), Mexico and Peru. The sixth most powerful earthquake ever recorded, however, did not result in large tsunamis, and most of the affected territo…
On July 30, 2025, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Kamchatka. In a few hours, the region became the scene of a series of events that intrigued the whole world.
Kamchatka earthquake highlights the advances in tsunami early warning systems - British Geological Survey
On 29 July 2025, global monitoring systems detected a large earthquake offshore of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, and widespread tsunami warnings were issued across the Pacific region. With a magnitude of 8.8, it was all too easy to think back to the 9.0 to 9.1 magnitude event that devastated Japan in 2011, or the 9.2 to 9.3 magnitude event on Boxing Day in 2004. Thankfully, on this occasion, the impact is believed to be relatively small by co…
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