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image from interactive map by the PTWC showing the location of Saturday's earthquake

M7.0 Earthquake Off Russia Triggers Tsunami Threat, But Not For Hawaiʻi
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by Big Island Video News
on Aug 17, 2024 at 10:35 am

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STORY SUMMARY

HAWAIʻI - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu says the large quake off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia did not create a tsunami threat for the State of Hawaiʻi.

(BIVN) – A magnitude-7.0 earthquake off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia triggered a Tsunami Threat on Saturday morning, but officials determined there was no threat to Hawaiʻi.  

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said the earthquake, which struck at 9:10 a.m. HST, did not generate a Pacific-wide tsunami. Emergency officials said there is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi.

Initially, hazardous tsunami waves were forecast as a possibility for some coasts of Russia.



At around 10:18 a.m. on Saturday, an updated message from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported that there was no longer a tsunami threat to any locations in the Pacific due to the earthquake. 


Filed Under: Hawaii Tagged With: earthquake, Russia

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