Massive Earthquake Off Kamchatka Coast Triggers Tsunami Fears, Entire West Coast on Watch

A massive earthquake was recorded off the Kamchatka peninsula yesterday. It was an 8.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale. It sparked tsunami fears throughout the Pacific, with the entire West Coast on tsunami watch. Hawaii is bracing for impact, as its alarm system has been triggered and all airlines have been diverted as the state locks down. 

The military has opened some of its roads on Oahu to assist civilians fleeing to higher ground (via NYT):

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake that experts said could be the sixth largest on record struck off Russia’s coast early Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in Hawaii, Alaska, California and Japan and leaving millions across the Pacific anxiously awaiting waves that forecasters said could reach up to 10 feet.

The earthquake, about 78 miles east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, took place at 7:24 p.m. Tuesday Eastern time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting the warnings, as well as advisories and watches along the entire West Coast of the Continental United States. 

It reverberated across vast stretches of the Pacific, triggering alerts from Alaska to parts of Asia and as far as South America. 

In Hawaii, traffic began to stall as residents heeded warnings to evacuate, and boaters rushed to drag their vessels to higher ground. In Japan, workers fled low-lying parts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was wrecked by a tsunami in 2011. And footage that appeared to be from Russia, near the quake’s epicenter, showed violently shaking buildings and swamped coastal areas. 

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The impact of the quake rippled across vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean, prompting advisories as far away as Chile, where the U.S. Tsunami Warning System warned that waves could be nearly 10 feet high. 

We won’t know if a tsunami hits Los Angeles for a few more hours. Around 4 am EST is when we’ll know. We’ll keep you updated.  

In Japan, tsunamis have struck.

UPDATE: These readings from Midway are not good.

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A massive earthquake was recorded off the Kamchatka peninsula yesterday. It was an 8.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale. It sparked tsunami fears throughout the Pacific, with the entire West Coast on tsunami watch. Hawaii is bracing for impact, as its alarm system has been triggered and all airlines have been diverted as the state locks down. 

The military has opened some of its roads on Oahu to assist civilians fleeing to higher ground (via NYT):

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake that experts said could be the sixth largest on record struck off Russia’s coast early Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in Hawaii, Alaska, California and Japan and leaving millions across the Pacific anxiously awaiting waves that forecasters said could reach up to 10 feet.

The earthquake, about 78 miles east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, took place at 7:24 p.m. Tuesday Eastern time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting the warnings, as well as advisories and watches along the entire West Coast of the Continental United States. 

It reverberated across vast stretches of the Pacific, triggering alerts from Alaska to parts of Asia and as far as South America. 

In Hawaii, traffic began to stall as residents heeded warnings to evacuate, and boaters rushed to drag their vessels to higher ground. In Japan, workers fled low-lying parts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was wrecked by a tsunami in 2011. And footage that appeared to be from Russia, near the quake’s epicenter, showed violently shaking buildings and swamped coastal areas. 

[…] 

The impact of the quake rippled across vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean, prompting advisories as far away as Chile, where the U.S. Tsunami Warning System warned that waves could be nearly 10 feet high. 

We won’t know if a tsunami hits Los Angeles for a few more hours. Around 4 am EST is when we’ll know. We’ll keep you updated.  

In Japan, tsunamis have struck.

UPDATE: These readings from Midway are not good.

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