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Aftershocks From 8.8-Magnitude Quake Rattle North Pacific

31 juillet 2025 à 04:03
Dozens of small earthquakes were recorded, most off the coast of Russia’s Far East. Five of them have been above magnitude 6.

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An image released by the Sakhalin Region Government on Wednesday, showing the tsunami-hit Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir island of Russia’s northern Kuril islands.
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When Earth’s Surface Shifts, the New NISAR Satellite Will See It

30 juillet 2025 à 15:02
NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes across our planet’s land and icy regions.

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The NISAR satellite, a joint mission by NASA and ISRO, lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, on Wednesday.

Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Generate Such a Weak Tsunami?

30 juillet 2025 à 16:23
The quake in Russia on Wednesday was among the strongest ever recorded — but in many places, the resulting wave was small.

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People who evacuated to higher ground in Ishinomaki, Japan, watching the sea on Wednesday.

Powerful Earthquake Rattles Russia’s Far East But Causes Little Damage

30 juillet 2025 à 11:31
A 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook the remote, sparsely populated Kamchatka region and set off tsunami waves. No serious injuries were reported, officials said.

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In this handout photo, tsunami waves flood an area after an earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.

Oprah Opens Maui Road to Help Residents Flee After Hawaii Tsunami Warning

30 juillet 2025 à 10:45
The billionaire media mogul opened a road on her property, giving people a route to evacuate from coastal areas to higher ground, Hawaii officials said.

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Oprah Winfrey owns a road in Maui, Hawaii, that runs from a coastal area to higher ground.

What to Know About the Pacific Tsunami

30 juillet 2025 à 09:55
Vast stretches of the Pacific coastline were anticipating hours of surging waves and tidal swells, although major damage was not reported.

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In Kamchatka, Epicenter of the Russian Earthquake, Seismic Activity Is Common

30 juillet 2025 à 06:40
Tremors are regularly reported in this remote Russian peninsula dotted with volcanoes, some of which erupt every year.

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The Gorely volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia in 2019.

Tsunami Warning Issued for Northern California

Waves were reported along a wide swath of the Northern California coast, including in San Francisco. The rest of the state was under a lesser tsunami advisory.

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Kite surfers were on Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Tuesday despite a tsunami warning.

Russia’s Far East Suffers Some Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami

30 juillet 2025 à 06:04
Regional authorities in one region declared an emergency after a tsunami hit the Kuril Islands, and the Kamchatka Peninsula was watching for volcanic activity.

© Governor of Kamchatka, via Reuters

A major earthquake damaged a building housing a kindergarten in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

What is the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’?

30 juillet 2025 à 02:58
Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active regions that encircle the Pacific Ocean.

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An image released by NASA showing the atmospheric plume from a volcano eruption in the Pacific island nation of Tonga in 2022.

Here is what the different tsunami alerts mean.

30 juillet 2025 à 19:59
Warning, advisory, watch? They’ve got very different meanings.

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Tsunami alerts were issued for Japan after the earthquake on Wednesday.

8.8-Magnitude Earthquake Off Russia Could Be One of the Largest on Record

30 juillet 2025 à 05:25
It is the most powerful quake since the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan that triggered a 50-foot tsunami and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima.

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The devastated Takekoma area in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, in 2011, three days after an earthquake and resulting tsunami hit the region.
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Hawaii Declares Emergency After Earthquake Off Russia Causes Tsunami

The worst predictions did not come to pass after a major earthquake off the coast of Russia sent a surge of water across the Pacific.

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Drivers headed away from Waikiki beach in Oahu on Tuesday after tsunami alerts in Hawaii.

Here’s the latest.

The 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s coast led to warnings and advisories for parts of Japan, Hawaii and Alaska.

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