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Tsunami alerts lifted in several nations after waves hit Russia, US, Japan
But the danger appeared to be waning in some places, with the US state of Hawaii and Japan downgrading their warnings. Authorities on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands near the quake’s epicentre also cancelled their tsunami warning on Wednesday evening after a flooded seaport town there had earlier been evacuated.
Tsunami Waves Hit United States After Russia Earthquake
Tsunami alerts were issued across the Pacific shores in Hawaii, Alaska and the West Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington following a massive earthquake in Russia on Tuesday. The 8.8 magnitude quake is tied for the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded.
According to the NWS tsunami warning system, the earthquake occurred off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia, around 7:24 p.m ...
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Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...
Crescent City, often dubbed a "tsunami magnet," recorded waves of up to 1.22 metres (4 feet) early on Wednesday. These were the highest observed anywhere in the continental United States following an ...
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