(VOR News) – The states of California and Hawaii have seen tsunami waves as a result of a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred off the coast of far eastern Russia.
In spite of this, most U.S. states have canceled their advisories as concerns about a significant impact have subsided.
On Wednesday, at 1:12 AM (08:12 GMT), tsunami waves inundated San Francisco, California, on the west coast of the US mainland. The National Weather Service for the San Francisco Bay Area supplied this data.
Arena Cove on the state’s shoreline had been hit by a tsunami.
The tsunami waves also reached Hawaii, where they caused minor flooding in some coastal areas. However, no significant damage or injuries were reported. Authorities in both states urged residents to remain vigilant and follow safety guidelines in case of any further developments.
The state’s coastal regions, from Cape Mendocino to the Oregon-California border, remain under a tsunami warning, which denotes the presence of the highest level of threat. A less severe advisory covers the coastline, including San Francisco Bay, from the California-Mexico border to Cape Mendocino, California.
Just after 8:00 PM local time on Tuesday (that is, 6:00 PM GMT on Wednesday, July 30), waves with a height of 3.3 to 3.9 feet (in meters) started to strike the Hawaiian Islands of the United States of America, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC).
The center recently stated that it does not think the state would be impacted by a significant tsunami. The center’s warning has been modified to an advisory, allowing individuals who were evacuated to go back to their homes.
“Hawaii appears to have avoided a significant, which it was apprehensive about; however, it registered a tsunami surge of at least one meter,” said Rob McBride, reporting for Al Jazeera from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tsunami warnings were issued for specific locations in the states of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska due to the waves that were picked up by coastal gauges across the eastern Aleutian Islands and the Pacific side of the Alaska Peninsula.
According to Dave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator at the National Warning Center in Alaska,
The tsunami’s effects may last hours or days.
Snider says that, “in this particular instance, as a result of the Earth emitting substantial ripples of water throughout the ocean, they will oscillate for a considerable amount of time.”
According to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, the threat of a large tsunami impacting the United States “has entirely dissipated.”
Noem issued the following statement from Santiago, Chile, where she is now participating in talks with officials: “We are in excellent condition at the present time.” We are thankful that a possible crisis was not imposed upon us, even though we were fully prepared to respond if it became necessary.
The threat of tsunamis has increased after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the Kamchatka region in far-eastern Russia. One of the strongest earthquakes in history caused numerous Asian and Pacific island nations, along with residents of coastal regions in parts of Russia and Latin America, to receive warnings.
In Russia, waves as high as four meters (13 feet) tore through the far-eastern province of Kamchatka. This resulted in the submersion of certain buildings and the evacuation of thousands of people from the affected islands. After a subsequent report from Russian officials claimed that no one was hurt, they canceled the tsunami warning for the Far East.
Japan has since lowered the number of tsunami alerts it has issued after a significant amount of damage was predicted because of the country’s proximity to the earthquake.
In South America, Peru has closed many ports in anticipation of waves that might reach 2.31 meters (7.6 feet) in height, and Chile has issued a red alert for a tsunami in some areas along its northern and southern coastlines.
SOURCE: AJ
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