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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 ...
Waves reach US west coast after Russian earthquake as Japan lifts tsunami warnings
Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's ...
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, ...
Explainer: why the huge 8.8 Russian earthquake caused little tsunami damage
One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded – a magnitude 8.8 monster – hit the eastern coast of Russia on Wednesday.
Tsunami warnings breakdown: Everything you need to know, how to stay safe, do's and don'ts after the 8.8 Russian earthquake
A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific ...
Pacific avoids major damage after powerful quake off Russia
Pacific Island countries have emerged relatively unscathed from a restless night punctuated by tsunami warning sirens ...
Tsunami evacuations ordered in South America, but worst risk appears to pass for US after huge quake
Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded ...
Minimal U.S. effects from tsunami don't mean the forecast was inaccurate
The magnitude-8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula sent a wave of water racing at the speed of a jetliner toward Hawaii, California and Washington state, spurring warnings and ...
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 ...
130 foot waves. A nuclear disaster. Comparing Japan's 2011 tsunami to today's
The earthquake was powerful. One of the strongest ever recorded. Unlike 2011's Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, there ...
Tsunami Warning: Is Russia’s 8.8 earthquake among the worst ever? How massive were history’s top 10 disasters?
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami warning on Wednedsay. This article explores ...
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Why devastating tsunamis didn’t follow the Russia earthquake
Geologists unpack why the magnitude 8.8 temblor — the sixth largest ever recorded — fomented waves that reached Japan and Hawaii but caused little damage.