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Tsunami Alerts Are Mostly Lifted

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Tsunami Alerts Are Mostly Lifted After Major Pacific Quake

Officials from Japan to California issued warnings after an 8.8-magnitude quake off Russia’s coast. Hours later, there were no immediate reports of major damage, although some areas remained on alert.

Across the Pacific, fear of a major tsunami gives way to relief

From French Polynesia to the South American coasts to Alaska and California, alert systems were triggered after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded Tuesday evening by the United States Geological Survey in eastern Russia.

Pacific earthquake triggers tsunami warnings

The magnitude 8.8 quake is believed to be the joint sixth-largest on record, though only minor injuries near the epicenter have been reported.

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How do tsunami warning systems work?

Tsunami alerts were sent out across the Pacific, after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia. But how do the ...

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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 ...

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In 10 Minutes, UN’s Tsunami Warning System Notified Millions in East Asia Following Russian Earthquake

Thanks to this global monitoring system, which has been deployed for more than 20 years, millions of people in Japan and ...

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Pacific Ocean tsunami: UNESCO’s early warning system proves effective

UNESCO’s tsunami warning system issued rapid alerts after the 8.8-magnitude Kamchatka quake, enabling Pacific nations to ...

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Maps: Tracking a Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean

Alerts for a potential tsunami were issued for coastlines in North America, Hawaii, Russia and Japan after a powerful ...

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The Pacific tsunami response is a warning about federal funding for science

After that disaster, in 1949 the United States established the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), the first of its kind, ...

Pacific Ocean tsunami: UNESCO's early warning system proves once again its effectiveness

Just ten minutes after the earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System, coordinated by UNESCO, issued an initial warning ...

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Pacific tsunami: Modern early warning systems prevent the catastrophic death tolls of the past

The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a ...

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Why one of the world’s biggest earthquakes wasn’t followed by a monster tsunami

Past strong earthquakes have caused massive and damaging waves far away, but scientists say these tsunami waves were tame by ...

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