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TSUNAMI HITS HAWAII — Harbors Cleared as Pacific Warnings Spread (After Russia 8.8 Quake)

An 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula sent a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean and turned coastlines into a countdown. Warnings rippled outward fast, and Hawaii began moving before daylight, clearing harbors and pushing people away from the shoreline as officials tracked what the water was actually going to do. In this breakdown, we follow the chain from the seafloor rupture to the wave field racing across open water, then into the warning machine that updates in real time using buoys and tide gauges. The biggest danger is not always a giant wall of water, it is fast currents, repeated surges, and the fact the first wave is rarely the last. We also look at what happened around the Pacific after the quake, including reports of tsunami waves hitting Severo-Kurilsk and activity observed in Japan, and why even “smaller” readings can still be dangerous in ports and harbors. #tsunami #hawaii #earthquake #kamchatka #disasteranalysis