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Tsunami warnings are triggering mass evacuations across the Pacific—even though the waves look small. Here's why

One of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded just struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific. The magnitude 8.8 quake had its epicenter in the sea just off the ...
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A giant tsunami near Russia was caught from space for the first time—and it shattered decades of theory

A powerful earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula sent massive waves racing across the Pacific Ocean in late July. What ...
NBC Washington

Minimal U.S. effects from tsunami don't mean the forecast was inaccurate

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula sent a wave of water racing at the speed of a jetliner toward Hawaii, California and Washington state, spurring warnings and ...
WHIO

8.8 magnitude earthquake latest: Volcano erupts in Russia, tsunami waves reach California

(LOS ANGELES) -- A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Pacific coast, sparking tsunami warnings and evacuations of coastal areas in Hawaii and alerts along the U.S. West Coast. In ...