When a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast, it triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, from Japan to the shores of Hawaii and Alaska. Cruise ships, often seen as floating fortresses of leisure, were suddenly thrust into emergency mode. Some ships immediately set sail for deeper waters, while others struggled to evacuate passengers…
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in coastal towns in multiple countries. The earthquake was “on what we call the Pacific Ring of Fire. This is a region around the entire Pacific Rim renowned for significant earthquakes,” Simon Boxall, lecturer in oceanography at…
Hawaii remains under a tsunami warning after one of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompted warnings for North and Central America and Pacific islands south toward New Zealand. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTSC) said the estimated arrival…
Watch: Hawaii Gov. Josh Green gives update on tsunami warning – CBS News Watch CBS News Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and other officials provided an update and took questions as the state faced a tsunami warning after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia Tuesday night. [title_words_as_hashtags
A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, damaging buildings and triggering a tsunami up to 4 meters (13 feet) high, prompting widespread evacuation alerts across the Pacific region. Several injuries were reported in the remote Russian area, while evacuation orders were issued along much of Japan’s eastern coast — an area…
A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting Japan’s meteorological agency to issue a tsunami alert and the National Weather Service to issue a tsunami warning for the state of Hawaii and parts of Alaska on Wednesday. A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast, stretching from…
