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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
A tsunami warning was hoisted for the entire west coast of the United States, Hawaii and eastern coasts of Japan on Saturday morning after an earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific. The ...
In some regions, tsunami sirens are used to help alert the public. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), located on Ford Island, Hawaii, is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
In Hawaii, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported waves slamming ashore from half a meter (a foot) in Nawiliwili, Kauai, to 80 centimeters (2.7 feet) in Hanalei.
Today's top weather news for Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024: A winter storm is blanketing the northern U.S. with heavy snow, disrupting holiday travel from Montana to the Northeast. P… Fox Weather 2 days ago