Why Kamchatka's giant earthquake sent a smaller tsunami across the Pacific

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In 2025, along parts of Kamchatka's coast in Russia, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake caused a tsunami to surge nearly 20 meters (65 feet) above sea level. Yet across the Pacific, its waves were much smaller than those…
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- Phys.org: Why Kamchatka's giant earthquake sent a smaller tsunami across the Pacific
- Phys.org: The 2025 Kamchatka tsunami kept the Pacific ringing for more than ten hours. Its rhythm could help tsunami warnings
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- Why Kamchatka's giant earthquake sent a smaller tsunami across the Pacific
In 2025, along parts of Kamchatka's coast in Russia, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake caused a tsunami to surge nearly 20 meters (65 feet) above sea level. Yet across the Pacific, its waves were much smaller than those…
- The 2025 Kamchatka tsunami kept the Pacific ringing for more than ten hours. Its rhythm could help tsunami warnings
On July 29, 2025, at 23:24 Universal Time, a long stretch of seafloor off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula was thrust upward. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake was the largest on Earth since the Tohoku earthquake of 2011,…
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- Why Kamchatka's giant earthquake sent a smaller tsunami across the Pacific
Sep 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
In 2025, along parts of Kamchatka's coast in Russia, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake caused a tsunami to surge nearly 20 meters (65 feet) above sea level. Yet across the Pacific, its waves were much smaller than those…
- The 2025 Kamchatka tsunami kept the Pacific ringing for more than ten hours. Its rhythm could help tsunami warnings
Oct 1, 2026 at 9:20 PM
On July 29, 2025, at 23:24 Universal Time, a long stretch of seafloor off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula was thrust upward. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake was the largest on Earth since the Tohoku earthquake of 2011,…
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