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Earlier Wednesday, officials in Japan issued a tsunami warning and an evacuation order for coastal areas of the southern prefecture of Okinawa, warning of waves up to 3 meters (about 10 feet) high.
NOAA's National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) in Palmer, Alaska issues warnings for North America, including Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, California, the Gulf of Mexico, and the East coast. The PTWC was established in 1949, following the 1946 Aleutian Island earthquake and a tsunami that resulted in 165 casualties on Hawaii and in Alaska ...
Map of Tsunami Warnings issued by China's TACMNR on 3 April 2024 at 08:15 BJT. A tsunami was triggered by the earthquake, with a maximum height of 1 m (3.3 ft) in parts of Hualien City. [3] A 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) wave was observed in Chenggong, Taitung, while an 82 cm (32 in) surge was recorded in Wushi Harbor. The CWA issued an alert advising ...
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan issued a land warning on Monday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Krathon, which has strengthened into the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane and is expected to cross the ...
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan shut down on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights and closing schools, offices and financial markets ahead of the arrival of a weakening Typhoon Krathon ...
The Seismological Center (Chinese: 地震測報中心; pinyin: Dìzhèn Cèbào Zhōngxīn) of the Central Weather Administration was founded in 1989, with a mission to monitor seismic activity in and around the island, publish reports on significant earthquakes, study earthquake precursor phenomena, issue tsunami warnings where appropriate ...
An unusual alert pinged phones and inboxes along the East Coast Tuesday afternoon — a test tsunami warning. The text and email alert issued by the National Tsunami Warning Center went out at 12: ...
According to Yonhap News Agency, citing North Korean state radio, a tsunami warning was issued with waves of 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) potentially hitting the country's east coast. [147] [151] Warnings were also issued in Russia for tsunami waves estimated to reach 1 m (3 ft), particularly along the west coast of Sakhalin Island, [152] where ...