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2025 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami
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FIRST ENTRY JUL 30
JUL 30 · Day 1
Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami waves reach Hawaii and California
The USGS recorded the earthquake's magnitude as 8.8, occurring at 8:24 a.m. at a depth of 20.7 km, with its epicenter 119 km east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia.
The earthquake was the world's strongest since the 2011 earthquake.
The JMA initially issued a tsunami advisory at 8:37 a.m. and later upgraded it to a warning at 9:40 a.m. after revising the quake's magnitude to 8.7.