Japan issues tsunami evacuation orders after magnitude-8.7 earthquake off Russia – live updates
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Could you pin this post and give the title an edit to clarify this isnt just Japan? This is like most of North and South America and many areas in South East Asia too that could be hit.
This seems to be huge.
24" waves in Japan so it looks like everyone else will be fine, no official all clear for many hours yet.
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Hazardous waves from strong 8.7 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, Hawaii, Alaska and some Pacific islands after earthquake struck off Kamchatka
So far, it seems 1.3m is the max we've seen here in Japan. Most of my area is under evacuation order still and trains are all canceled.
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You're right. 1952 Severo-Kurilsk
Almost the same spot too. 15-18m tsunami waves, three of them.
I don't know if the depth of it was different, or since it's a logarithmic scale it was just that much weaker, but Russia reported 10-12ft tsunami waves (which is admittedly way too much) Japan reported 2ft, and California got between 2ft and 5ft.
Probably had more to do with the direction the plates shifted rather than total energy of the shift I guess
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So far, it seems 1.3m is the max we've seen here in Japan. Most of my area is under evacuation order still and trains are all canceled.
I'm so glad that it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
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I don't know if the depth of it was different, or since it's a logarithmic scale it was just that much weaker, but Russia reported 10-12ft tsunami waves (which is admittedly way too much) Japan reported 2ft, and California got between 2ft and 5ft.
Probably had more to do with the direction the plates shifted rather than total energy of the shift I guess
Yeah, I imagine even a 1ft tidal wave would be enough to sweep a person or a small car away.
Apparently, there are a whole mess of magnitude scales. The 8.8 and 9.0 are given in "Mw" scale,which estimates total energy. It doesn't differentiate between friction and the seismic wave energies.
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Hazardous waves from strong 8.7 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, Hawaii, Alaska and some Pacific islands after earthquake struck off Kamchatka
Why are many things happening all at once? Tsunami warnings and then a volcano eruption in russia, man i prey for everyone to be safe
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Why are many things happening all at once? Tsunami warnings and then a volcano eruption in russia, man i prey for everyone to be safe
It’s pretty normal for eruptions and earthquakes to happen together. They are symptoms of the same cause: plate movements.
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Hazardous waves from strong 8.7 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, Hawaii, Alaska and some Pacific islands after earthquake struck off Kamchatka
We even had an advisory in Okinawa. Gave my family and I a scare, but we were ok.
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We even had an advisory in Okinawa. Gave my family and I a scare, but we were ok.
So is everything OK with you guys?
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So is everything OK with you guys?
Yes, thank you for asking. I think they recorded 10cm difference on the island but I'm not aware of any damage, injury, nor death.
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Yes, thank you for asking. I think they recorded 10cm difference on the island but I'm not aware of any damage, injury, nor death.
Oh that's good.
