From Newsweek:
What to Know:
- Tsunami waves up to 3.6 feet reached California, with warnings issued across the West Coast.
- Authorities in French Polynesia issued urgent warnings as tsunami waves up to 13 feet are expected to reach parts of the Marquesas Islands
- Hawaii saw water pull back by as much as 30 feet; no significant damage has been reported.
- Russia reported injuries and building damage in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, with widespread outages.
- The Philippines, Mexico, New Zealand, and several Pacific islands also activated tsunami protocols.
- In Alaska, waves nearing three feet were recorded in Adak; the advisory extended to the Aleutians and Panhandle.
- The U.S. Geological Survey estimates damage could reach billions and issued a red alert for impact potential. [For Full Story]
From The New York Times:
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Tsunami waves hit California around 1 a.m. Pacific time Wednesday and were making their way down the coast, according to the National Weather Service, after a powerful earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast. The initial waves were 4.5 feet, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Tide gauges recorded tsunami waves along the Northern California coast, including in San Francisco and Monterey, according to the Weather Service.
The service had issued an upgraded tsunami warning Tuesday night for a 100-mile stretch of Northern California’s coastline, between Cape Mendocino and the border with Oregon, after a rare 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck.
A tsunami warning means that dangerous coastal flooding and powerful currents are possible and may continue for several hours or days.