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jmbar2

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 07:45 PM Jul 2025

Tsunami watch on west coast [View all]

Last edited Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:06 PM - Edit history (6)

Update 8:02PST:
- Evacuations in Hawaii
- Pics of Kamchatka Earthquake
https://x.com/Osinttechnical
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Update 6:34 PST. Changed to Tsunami Advisory.
- Japan advising to evacuate vulnerable areas
- West coast impacts expected to be minor. Will hit around 11:59 during low tide. 1-3 ft wave heights.
- Crescent City California most at risk on the west coast.
- Lots of aftershocks - 6.9, 6.3.
- Earthquake upgraded to 8.8

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At 425 PM Pacific Daylight Time on July 29 an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.7 occurred 80 miles southeast of
Petropavlovsk Kamchatka.

....A TSUNAMI WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, BRITISH
COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE CAL./MEXICO BORDER TO CHIGNIK BAY ALASKA...

https://www.tsunami.gov

Estimated arrival times are listed on this website, if it happens.
https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Tsunami%20Watch

Thank you NOAA!!
Livestream from Seattle weather guy ended at 8pm. He will be back in the morning to update.



Live stream - Japan is nervous

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Tsunami watch on west coast [View all] jmbar2 Jul 2025 OP
Get thee to the greatest page for visibility malaise Jul 2025 #1
The epicentre was located 136 kilometres east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city in Russia's Far East. Celerity Jul 2025 #27
Lovely pics malaise Jul 2025 #31
K & R Permanut Jul 2025 #2
K&R spanone Jul 2025 #3
Had to look it up malaise Jul 2025 #9
I did too! spanone Jul 2025 #11
Newest major land mass on earth Warpy Jul 2025 #14
I believe there was/is a Kamchatka vodka. LeftInTX Jul 2025 #69
I knew it from playing the board game Risk as a child uppityperson Jul 2025 #18
LOL malaise Jul 2025 #19
Hated that game.. had a brother in law that always attacked me... bsiebs Jul 2025 #30
I never won, but tried to always get AK and Kamchakta because they seemed interesting uppityperson Jul 2025 #45
ain't that the truth. the one game guaranteed to cause family strife Tetrachloride Jul 2025 #59
I first heard about Kamchatka in 1983 choie Jul 2025 #78
Interesting malaise Jul 2025 #79
I'm surprised that no one has heard of Kamchatka Vodka LeftInTX Jul 2025 #92
Nice malaise Jul 2025 #93
Upgraded to Warning ruet Jul 2025 #4
Thanks for the update! jmbar2 Jul 2025 #10
Stay safe malaise Jul 2025 #20
appreciate it! jmbar2 Jul 2025 #23
Wishing you the best blm Jul 2025 #22
Thanks jmbar2 Jul 2025 #25
We thought we were safe from hurricanes up in the WNC mountains. blm Jul 2025 #29
Can you get out and up pretty fast? Permanut Jul 2025 #32
I'm about a mile from the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport jmbar2 Jul 2025 #34
Beautiful area, love that bridge.. Permanut Jul 2025 #37
Thanks jmbar2 Jul 2025 #38
Hey, sounds like you'll be okay.. Permanut Jul 2025 #41
Hahaha jmbar2 Jul 2025 #43
That's a nice location. CentralMass Jul 2025 #66
It' a beatiful place. I trust that you have high ground to evacuate to ? CentralMass Jul 2025 #65
Thanks - I do jmbar2 Jul 2025 #70
Stay safe.. CentralMass Jul 2025 #73
Near the Kamchatka Peninsula. calimary Jul 2025 #42
Bummer orangecrush Jul 2025 #56
8.7! Jesus Christ! FirstLight Jul 2025 #5
I know they are always downgraded johnnyfins Jul 2025 #6
Sure is big... 2naSalit Jul 2025 #16
Just upgraded to an 8.8 bamagal62 Jul 2025 #36
Kick for the coast ThoughtCriminal Jul 2025 #7
K&R...I'm not close to the coast, but I'm not very high either... Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #8
Stay safe, All SheltieLover Jul 2025 #12
Kick Emile Jul 2025 #13
Kick BadgerMom Jul 2025 #15
Ooooohhh...Moclips and Westport, WA GenThePerservering Jul 2025 #17
8..7!! The biggest and scariest one I was ever in was 6.7. We were just about right on top of it. Ping Tung Jul 2025 #21
More warnings- Japan Issues Tsunami Warning for Areas Including Tokyo Bay malaise Jul 2025 #24
Here's a livestream jmbar2 Jul 2025 #26
Thanks malaise Jul 2025 #28
Kicking. Permanut Jul 2025 #33
Finally broke on CNN malaise Jul 2025 #35
Worried about our Hawaii DUers radical noodle Jul 2025 #39
Just received a warning in San Diego County. I'm inland. Dem2theMax Jul 2025 #40
Same here for Oregon jmbar2 Jul 2025 #44
I got the same warning LogDog75 Jul 2025 #46
I'm in North County, far away from the ocean. Sadly. Dem2theMax Jul 2025 #48
There are 10 high rise condo buildings just South of the Hotel del Coronado LogDog75 Jul 2025 #49
Tsunami Warning for Oak Park, San Diego...elevation, 312 ft. haele Jul 2025 #55
La Jolla resident, 500 yards from the ocean but at an elevation Abolishinist Jul 2025 #68
Are they making a ruckus? jmbar2 Jul 2025 #71
Aha! I thought I detected a Newport accent coming from several of them. Abolishinist Jul 2025 #85
Oh, that's so sad jmbar2 Jul 2025 #87
details of the quake below. AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #47
i remember the 7.7 earlier in russia and commented that the strees from that had to go somewhere and here it is . AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #50
Kick DiverDave Jul 2025 #51
The Kamchatka, and the far eastern areas, of Russia are some of the most beautiful and unspoiled areas on the planet n/t Cheezoholic Jul 2025 #52
Lucky it's hitting during low tide. haele Jul 2025 #53
My daughter lives in Washington in that advisory area but she is up on the mountain, safe. nt Trueblue Texan Jul 2025 #54
We have some members in Hawaii LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2025 #57
Hope they'll update us when it's safe to do so. jmbar2 Jul 2025 #58
I just saw this LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2025 #62
I just got an alert that the pier and beaches are closed due to the Tsunami watch! SunSeeker Jul 2025 #60
Are you in Hawaii? jmbar2 Jul 2025 #61
No, I'm in Southern California. SunSeeker Jul 2025 #64
Here in Japan, they've still got the tsunami warnings on the TV RazorbackExpat Jul 2025 #63
Glad to hear it! jmbar2 Jul 2025 #72
Unfortunately, the areas that were hardest hit by the 2011 tsunami, RazorbackExpat Jul 2025 #75
Now they've got the entire Pacific coast under a tsunami watch RazorbackExpat Jul 2025 #95
Stay safe, coastal DU'ers! Bayard Jul 2025 #67
Watching Hawaii news conference on BBC now malaise Jul 2025 #74
Waves near California-Oregon border recorded as 3.6 ft (above 1m) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2025 #76
Sixth Strongest Quake in modern history 8.8 malaise Jul 2025 #77
My DIL posted on FB about the teunami evacuation order. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2025 #80
I watched some of the videos from Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia............. Lovie777 Jul 2025 #81
The city was destroyed by a tsunami in 1952. It was rebuilt in a higher location. The port is on the ocean. LeftInTX Jul 2025 #90
Sounds like the warnings did their job, and people got out of the way. bearsfootball516 Jul 2025 #82
Nothing burger here in Oregon as well jmbar2 Jul 2025 #84
Good news malaise Jul 2025 #86
I sat in my car on a bluff for a couple of hours last night waiting for waves jmbar2 Jul 2025 #88
You did the right thing malaise Jul 2025 #89
That's the important thing. LeftInTX Jul 2025 #91
Thanks jmbar2 Jul 2025 #94
It apears the earthquatke lasted almost 60 seconds.............. Lovie777 Jul 2025 #83
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