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- 8.8 magnitude quake hits near city of Petropavlovsk-Kaamchatsky
- Tsunami of 3-4 metres recorded in Kamchatka Peninsula
- Warnings for Japan, Hawaii, US West Coast and other Pacific nations

July 30 (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, damaging buildings and generating a tsunami of up to 4 metres (13 feet) that prompted warnings and evacuations stretching across the Pacific Ocean.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Getting tsunami warnings in California

 

[adamsapple]

Hope the early warnings let people get out of the danger zones.

 

[Dr.D00p]

Getting tsunami warnings in California

Lol, why?

It will barely register by the time it reaches California. As Tsunamis go, 3-4m wave heights are very weak sauce after travelling thousands of miles.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

That's a huge one. Hopefully far out enough that the waves weaken to a neglible level.

 

[HRK69]

Lol, why?

It will barely register by the time it reaches California. As Tsunamis go, 3-4m wave heights are very weak sauce after travelling thousands of miles.

Looooool a tsunami warning? Must be nothing, right?

Just the potential of a few million gallons of water smashing into the coast. What's the worst that could happen?

Imagine being this confidently stupid about natural disasters. Hope no one takes advice from you when the water starts rushing in

 

[Dr.D00p]

Looooool a tsunami warning? Must be nothing, right?

Just the potential of a few million gallons of water smashing into the coast. What's the worst that could happen?

Imagine being this confidently stupid about natural disasters. Hope no one takes advice from you when the water starts rushing in

Please do post the videos of the devastation about to be caused by this natural calamity upon California...

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Please do post the videos of the devastation about to be caused by this natural calamity upon California...

Why does he need to post videos?

It's just a warning incase of a worst case scenario.

I'm sure the 10,000+ people of Japan who died in 2011 would have appreciated a heads up to evacuate.

 

[Hari Seldon]

On Kauai right now. They just downgraded from a warning to an advisory. Some flooding on the big island at a few places but nothing serious. A nothing burger this time.

 

[Wildebeest]

Experts are being careful because it is too chaotic to predict. Mostly it should be nothing but you can't predict if some spot might get some weirdly concentrated wave.

 

[Windle Poons]

I don't want to appear cuntish because that's not my intention but, has there been any tsunami recorded or just a bit of water?

 

[Hari Seldon]

Got the all clear on Kauai. Having a beer 100 feet from the south shore. I think maybe Hilo got roughed up a little, but Kauai is fine. No damage at all, power still on. Locals seemed to be having a party up in the hills were I was, I guess this means no work for them tomorrow lol.

 

[Diddy X]

How strong is that I have no idea.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

How strong is that I have no idea.

I had to look it up as well. I knew 8 was high, I just didn't know how high exactly.

 

[kruis]

I don't want to appear cuntish because that's not my intention but, has there been any tsunami recorded or just a bit of water?

 

[Diddy X]

I had to look it up as well. I knew 8 was high, I just didn't know how high exactly.

Wow seems huge then 8.8 is the same as the one in Chile in 2010

 

[clarky]

How strong is that I have no idea.

One of the strongest ever recorded apparently.

 

[clarky]

Please do post the videos of the devastation about to be caused by this natural calamity upon California...

It's called better being safe than sorry.

 

[AJUMP23]

Stay safe, out there.

If you are in Cali might make for some good surf.

 

[Rat Rage]

God is punishing them.

 

[Kacho]

How strong is that I have no idea.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

You guys know you are arguing about something that didn't even happen right? California only got watches and advisories not warnings because there was never consideration of any significant risk that far from the earthquake. Even those watches and advisories were more about common sense stuff like not swimming, staying off the beaches and protecting docked boats. Nothing about evacuations or anything like that. The comparison to 2011 would be the impact that had on California not the impact it had on Japan and while there was $100 million in damages that was boats and stuff in harbors and not flooding or anything that would present a risk to people inland. The one death was of course somebody not using common sense that got sucked out by a wave. So yes watches and advisories for California made sense but warnings would have been ridiculous. But again California didn't go higher than an advisory so no point arguing something that didn't even happen. Some people just label all things like that warnings.

 

[jason10mm]

Was fearing this....

but expecting this

and what we got was this...

 

[Superkewl]

I don't want to appear cuntish because that's not my intention but, has there been any tsunami recorded or just a bit of water?

Are you talking about in California or the world? The boxing day Tsunami in 2004 killed nearly a quarter of a million people in Thailand and surrounding countries and there was the Fukashima Tsunami in Japan back in 2011.

 

[midnightAI]

I don't want to appear cuntish because that's not my intention but, has there been any tsunami recorded or just a bit of water?

 

[Kacho]

Are you talking about in California or the world? The boxing day Tsunami in 2004 killed nearly a quarter of a million people in Thailand and surrounding countries and there was the Fukashima Tsunami in Japan back in 2011.

I think Windle Poons is talking about this specific event.

 

[midnightAI]

I think Windle Poons is talking about this specific event.

Thats not how it reads?...

I don't want to appear cuntish because that's not my intention but, has there been any tsunami recorded or just a bit of water?

But you may be right, still, this one has been recorded also, I was intending it to be a response to 'just a bit of water' really, as you DO NOT take Tsunami's lightly, they can cause massive devastation and loss of life in a very short space of time.

 

[Kacho]

Thats not how it reads?...

Yeah, I see how you all are reading it. I just think he didn't clarify he was talking about this event specifically. I don't think the user believes there hasn't been a recorded Tsunami in the history of mankind lol

 

[Insane Metal]

8.8 is fucking huge, damn. Hopefully the affected region is not very populated.

 

[The Pleasure]

Tell Zangief to stop practicing his 360s