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The latest in a string of powerful earthquakes shook part of the southwestern Pacific on Friday morning, local time, leading to far-reaching tsunami concerns. The magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred ...
COURTESY USGS This U.S. Geological Survey map shows the location of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka region today. It poses no tsunami risk to Hawaii. COURTESY USGS This U.S ...
Jan. 4—The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 4.3 earthquake this afternoon northeast of Pahala on the island of Hawaii, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. USGS says the ...
A tsunami was caused by coastal subsidence associated with reactivation of the Hilina Slump, triggered by the earthquake. At Kapapala the land subsided by as much as 2 m and formerly dry land was flooded to a depth of 1.5 m. [10] The tsunami on the Kaʻū and Puna coasts caused major destruction at Honu‘apo, Keauhou and Punaluʻu. The ...
The tsunami is known as the Hawaii April Fools' Day Tsunami because it happened on 1 April and many people thought it was an April Fool's Day prank. The result was the creation of a tsunami warning system known as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), established in 1949 for the countries of Oceania. 1946: Nankai, Japan: 1946 Nankai earthquake
Limited damage / homes destroyed / tsunami Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes ' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists.
The temblor was reported nine miles south of Fern Forest, a community of about 1,100 people on the southern end of the Big Island of Hawaii, at 12:52 a.m. local time, according to the U.S ...
tsunami message number 10 nws pacific tsunami warning center ewa beach hi 101 am hst sun october 28, 2012 to - civil defense in the state of hawaii subject - tsunami advisory the tsunami warning is now cancelled for the state of hawaii. a tsunami advisory is issued for the state of hawaii effective at 1254 am hst.