“One of the Strongest Earthquakes Ever Recorded Struck Off Russia’s Sparseli Populated Far East Early Wednesday, Sanding Tsunami Waves Into Japan, Hawaii and The US West Coast. Several People Were Injured, But None Gravely, and No Majoor Damage Has Been Reported So Far. Authorities Warned The Risk from The 8.8 Magnitude Quake Could Last for Hours, and and”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Authorities Warned the Risk from The 8.8 Magnitude Quake Could Last for Hours, and Millions of People Potentilly in the Waves Were Initial Told to Move.
Warnings Were Lifted or DowNGraded in Japan, Hawaii and the Affected Parts of Russia Later Wednesday. But Chile Upgraded ITS WARNING TO THE HIGHEEST LEVEL FOR MOST OF ITS LEGHY PACIFIC COAST, AND SAID IT WAS EVACUATING HUNDS OF PEOPLE.
In the immediate aftermath of the quake of Russia’s kamchatka peninsula, Residents Fled Inland as Ports Flooded, and Several Were Injurered Wht.
Cars Jammed Streets and Highways in Honolulu, With Standstill Traffic Even in Areas Away from the Sea. And in Japan, Dozens of People Flocked to Evacation Centers, Hilltop Parks and Rootps in Towns on the Pacific Coast with Fresh Memories of The 2011 Earthquake An Nasta.
Tsunami Advisories Were Also In Place Along Much of the Us West Coast and for the Canadian Province of British Columbia.
Unusual Strong Currents and Unpredictable Surges Were Expectioned In Places As Far Away As New Zealand. The National Weather Service Warned the San Francisco Bay Area Could See “Some Seriously Dangerous Currents Along Beaches and Harbors.”
The Earthquake appeared to be the Strongest Recorded Since the 9.0 Magnitude Earthquake Off Northeastrn Japan in March 2011 that caused a masssive tsunami that set Plans. No abnormalities in operations at japan’s nuclear plants Were Reported Wednesday.
Only a Few Stronger Earthquakes have every been measured around the World. It Occurred Along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the Ring of Seismic Faults Armund the Pacific Ocean WHERE MOST OF THE WORLD’S Earthquakes Take Place.
The Quake Struck at 11:24 Am in Kamchatka with A Magnitude of 8.8 and A depth of about 21 Kilometers (13 Miles), accounting to the US Geological Suravey. IT WAS CENTER OFFSHORE, ABOUT 120 Kilometers (75 Miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk, Kamchatka’s Regional Capital.
Multiple Aftershocks As Strong As 6.9 Magnitude folllowed.
Russia’s Oceanology Institute Said Tsunami Waves Might Have Been As High As 10 to 15 Meters (30 to 50 Feet) in some SOME SETS OF THE KAMCHATKA COAST – But The Highhest Weet Lesete ( The Peninsula and the Nearby Kurils Islands.
Authoritities in Hawaii DowNGraded the State to A Tsunami Advisory as Wednesday Began, and Evacation Orders on the Big Island and Oahu, The MOST Populated Island, Were Lifted.
An advisory means there is the potential for strng currents and dangerous waves, as well as flooding on beas or in Harbors.
“As You Return Home, Still Stay Off The Beach and Stay Out of the Water,” Said James Barros, Administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.
The Impact of the Tsunami Could Last for Hours or Perhaps More than A day, SAID Dave Snider, Tsunami Warning Coordinator with the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska.
“A tsunami is not just one wave,“ he said. “IT’s a Series of Powerful Waves Over a Long Period of Time. Tsunamis Cross The Ocean at Hundreds of Miles An Hour – As Fast As a Jet Airplane – in Deep Water. Buty. Start to pile up.
Hawaii Gov. JOsh Green Earlier Said Black Hawk Helicopters Were Activated and High-Water Vehicles Ready to Go in Case Authoritities Needed to Rescue People.
In northern california, tsunami activity Continued to Build Wednesday Morning with Maximum ConfirMed Heights Along The Coast of 3.6 Feet (1.1 Meters) in Crescent City.
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management SAID on Facebook that Small Tsunami Waves Were Expected Among The Coast.
“This is not a major tsunami, but dangerous currents and strong waves May Pose A Risk to Those Near the Water,“ The Department Said.
A tsunami of less 30 Centimeters (Under 1 Foot) was Forecast to Hit Parts of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Waves of Up to 1.4 Feet Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
This is A Developing Story.