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The magnitude 8.8 earthquake attacked from the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula caused a tsunami alert in Alaska on the adjacent US west coast on June 29th.
According to the US Geological Survey, warnings, recommendations and clocks were issued by the National Tsunami Warning Center in the wake of the earthquake approximately 78 miles east and 78 miles east east east east terrestrial.
Officials warned of the threat posed by a potential tsunami. “This is a significant, real event,” said Reed Walcott, a meteorologist with the Seattle Meteorological Bureau.
“The imminent threat is for Alaska and the area near the earthquake,” Walcott added, noting that the warning center needs additional observations before talking about the threat to the West Coast.
Hawaii’s Emergency Management Office repeated the warning in a statement an investigation into potential threats to the state.
Potential tsunami waves could reach Alaska sunlight from 8:20pm in Kodiak, Alaska, and southbound tsunami activity could begin in La Jolla, California by 1:15am local time. The Weather Bureau warns people not to underestimate the threat. He adds that even tsunamis that peak below a foot can still be dangerous.
Here, tsunami alerts are issued in the US.
Tsunami Alert Map
Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
The National Tsunami Warning Center issued recommendations and warnings along Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands.
Tsunami activities were available on Alaska from 4:46pm to 5:46pm, on Adak Island, at 5:46pm and at 7:06pm on St. Paul Island, approximately 760 miles west of Anchorage.
Authorities urge residents to get out of the water and leave the beaches, Marines, ports and bays.
The potential heights of tsunami waves, as predicted by the National Tsunami Warning Centre, are:
- Vow: 1.2-2.2 feet
- Unaska: Less than 1 foot
- St. Paul: Less than 1 foot
- Sand Point: Less than 1 foot
- Cold Bay: Less than 1 foot
Hawaii
Hawaiian islands are located under statewide tsunami warnings on Tuesday evenings and Tuesday evenings, as damage is possible across all island coastlines.
“Hawaii has received a tsunami warning and is bringing the first wave impact to HST at 7:10pm,” Hawaii Emma told X-Post. “All dangerous sirens will ring at 5:10pm.”
“Emergency measures must be taken to protect lives and property. Timely updates will be posted,” Hawaii’s Emergency Management Bureau wrote in X.
Washington
The center also issued tsunami advisories throughout the west coast, including Washington, Oregon, California, southern Alaska and the coastal regions of the Alaska Peninsula.
“The area of advisory should not expect widespread flooding,” the NWS said on Tuesday night, July 29th.
Potential maximum height of a potential tsunami:
- Nee Bay: Less than 1 foot
- Long Beach: Less than 1 foot
- Westport: Less than 1 foot
- Moclip: 0.7-1.3 feet
- Port Angels: Less than 1 foot
- Port Townsend: Less than 1 foot
- Bellingham: Less than 1 foot
Oregon and California
Tsunami warnings are enabled in coastal regions of Oregon and California
The warning extends from the Stateline border in Humboldt County, north of San Francisco, to Cape Mendocino in Northern California.
In San Diego, the Weather Service advised that the area should not be expected to be extensively flooded, but under the recommendations advised people in coastal areas to stay away from the beaches and away from the ports and marinas.
Diane Hoang, a meteorologist with the San Francisco Meteorological Bureau, said: “In 2011, a man near Crescent City died after being swept away by the ocean while trying to film the incoming tsunami,” his colleague, meteorologist Braden Murdoch, said the tsunami arrives when the tide is being built every night.
Maximum height of Oregon for potential tsunamis:
- Port Orford: 1.0-1.8 feet
- Charleston: Less than 1 foot
- Brookings: 0.8-1.5 feet
Maximum height of California for potential tsunamis:
- Fort Bragg: 0.8-1.4 feet
- Crescent City: 2.9-5.4 feet
- Monterey: Less than 1 foot
- Port San Luis: 2.0-3.8 feet
- San Francisco: Less than 1 foot
- Santa Barbara: 0.7-1.3 feet
- Port of Los Angeles: Less than 1 foot
- Newport Beach: Less than 1 foot
- Jora: Less than 1 foot
- Oceanside: Less than 1 foot
Pacific Islands
Tsunami warnings have also been issued to the Pacific Islands as USGS experts said there was a threat to the Northern Mariana Islands in Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan.
What does Tsunami Alert mean?
The National Weather Service said the tsunami message will be issued by the Tsunami Warning Centre, warning local governments and potential tsunamis. According to weather services, there are four levels of tsunami alerts.
- Tsunami warning: “Take action – Danger! Tsunamis are expected or occur that can cause widespread flooding. Dangerous coastal flooding and powerful flows are possible and can last for hours or days after initial arrival.”
- Tsunami Advisory: “Take action – tsunamis are expected that can be dangerously strong currents or waves for people underwater or very nearby.
- Tsunami Watch: “Please prepare – A distant earthquake has occurred. A tsunami is possible.”
- Tsunami Information Statement: “Relax – an earthquake has occurred, but there is no threat, it is very far away, the threat has not been determined. In most cases, there is no destructive tsunami threat.”
This story has been updated to reflect the latest terms.
