California coast under tsunami watch after Russia earthquake

California coast under tsunami watch after Russia earthquake

WE’RE SPEAKING WITH LOCAL PET OWNERS GOOD EVENING I’M MICHAEL AND TIMESHARE COW. BUT WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS, THE U.S. WEST COAST, INCLUDING OUR LOCAL COUNTIES. >> IS UNDER AN UNUSUAL TSUNAMI WATCH FOLLOWING A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA AGAIN THIS IS A TSUNAMI WATCH NOT A WARNING, BUT IT HAS PEOPLE TAKING NOTICE OF THIS HOUR THE QUAKE STRUCK IN THE WATERS OFF THE AT PENINSULA IN EASTERN RUSSIA. MEASURED MASSIVE 8.7 MAGNITUDE FOR HAWAII AND THE U.S. WEST COAST. WE ARE AGAIN UNDER A TSUNAMI WATCH WHICH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT. IT’S AN ALERT TO BE PREPARED. JUST IN CASE AND HERE TO BREAK THIS ALL DOWN IS DOCTOR LUCY JONES OUR EARTHQUAKE EXPERT DOCTOR LUCY. >> A BREAKDOWN, THE QUAKE AND THE WATCH AND ISSUED BY ITS A NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING PROGRAM WHICH IS PART OF NOAH. INCLUDES A WARNING OF GREATER THAN 3 METERS SO 10 FEET POTENTIALLY FOR RUSSIA. AND ONE TO 3 METERS WHICH IS 3 TO 10 FEET FOR HAWAII, HAWAII ACTUALLY HAS A WARNING AT THIS POINT AS DOES THE WESTERN MOST OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. ELUTION PENINSULA IS WHAT’S CALLED AN ADVISORY. SO LET’S WATCH AND SEE HOW BIG THE TSUNAMI REALLY GETS AND THE REST OF US ARE AT A WATCH WHICH WELL LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET HERE. TSUNAMIS TRAVEL AT SOMETHING LIKE 5 TO 600 MILES AN HOUR. SO ABOUT THE SAME SPEED AS A AS AN AIRPLANE CROSSING THE OCEAN SO TO GET FROM COME CHAKA TO CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO BE 10 HOURS MAYBE MORE. AND THAT’LL BE PART OF THE ADVISORY AS IT’S GOING THROUGH. I HAVE SEEN THAT THE HAWAII HAWAII WARNING. SUGGESTED IT WILL REACH HAWAII AT 7 ABOUT 7.15 HAWAIIAN TIME WHICH IS 10:15PM HERE. AND OF COURSE THAT WOULD HAVE TO KEEP ON COMING OUT TO US. DOCTOR JONES THE QUAKE WAS SOME 160 MILES FROM HOKKAIDO WHICH WOULD BE THE NORTHERNMOST BIG ISLAND OF JAPAN. >> AND ACCORDING TO LOCAL NEWS REPORTS THERE IN JAPAN. IT WAS FELT IN HOKKAIDO ONLY SLIGHTLY WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU IF ANYTHING. >> WELL THAT DOES SUGGEST IT QUICKLY HAS AN EPICENTER WHICH IS WHERE IT BEGINS. BUT IT HAPPENS OVER FAULT SURFACE THAT MIGHT BE IN THE CASE OF AN 8.7 I WOULD THINK IS PROBABLY AT LEAST 300 MILES LONG. AND SO DIDN’T RUPTURE FROM THE EPICENTER SOUTH TOWARDS JAPAN. IF IT WAS ONLY FELT SLIGHTLY AND A KEY DO IT COULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN A VERY FAR I DOWN OPTIONS ON A BABY AT RUPTURED MORE TO THE NORTH IT’S REALLY TOO WE DON’T ENOUGH DATA TO SAY WHAT WAS THAT THE PATTERN OF RUPTURE YET. BUT THE THE USGS >> CREATE SOMETHING CALLED PAGER WHICH IS A RAPID ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL LOSSES IN AN EARTHQUAKE. >> BASED THESE THINGS I WAS JUST SAYING TO TODAY 0.7 IT’S AT LEAST 300 MILES LONG WITH THAT THOSE ARE STANDARD RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE KNOW ARE TRUE FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF. EARTHQUAKES AND AND THEREFORE WE CAN ESTIMATE WHAT THE SHAKING LEVEL WOULD BE AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND COMPARE THAT TO POPULATION AND THAT’S WHAT PAGE ARE HAS DONE. AND THE PAGE OR ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW DAVIS CAN CHANGE. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY’RE SAYING THAT PROBABLY AT LEAST 10 BILLION DOLLARS IN LOSSES. ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM THIS WAS LIKELY FATALITIES BETWEEN 10 AND A 100 PEOPLE WOUND AND THAT’S NOT BASED ON ANY INFORMATION FROM THE SITE ITSELF SOLELY ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTHQUAKES AND SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE HERE AS YOU WATCH NOT A WARNING. >> I’M HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND UP AND DOWN THE THE WEST COAST HERE BUT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES LIKE MALIBU SANTA MONICA VENICE LONG BEACH THE SOUTH WHEN I I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT YOU KNOW HOW VULNERABLE ARE THESE COMMUNITIES EVEN IF IT’S GOING TO COME 10 HOURS LATER. >> I’M NOT TOO BAD BECAUSE THE MOST LIKELY APPROACHING BOTH GET WERE INFORMATION AS THIS DEVELOPS IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF WATER TO GET IN HERE IS GOING TO NOT THAT ABOUT BY THE TIME TRAVELS ALL THE WAY OVER THAT THE GOOD NEWS IN CALIFORNIA AS WE HAVE A LOT OF OF SO IF IF YOU HAVE ONE METER TSUNAMI. THAT MEANS IF YOU’RE MORE THAN ONE METER ABOVE SEA LEVEL WHICH IS ONLY 3 FEET YOU’RE NOT GOING TO AND I DO BELIEVE I I HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET I WAS JUST TRYING TO CHECK REALLY QUICKLY. THE FORECAST WOULD BE THAT THAT THE AMOUNT OF WATER. ACTUALLY RISING UP BY THE TIME YOU GET HERE IS GOING TO BE VERY SMALL FOR HAWAII, THEY’RE SAYING 1, 2, 3 METERS SO THAT’S 3 TO 10 FEET. THAT’S MORE NOTICE BUT EVEN THINK WHAT’S 10 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. ALL RIGHT EVEN AT 10 FEET YOU MAYBE GET TO LINCOLN. BOULEVARD AND AND THERE’S EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD BE THAT HIGH HERE WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT 5 HOURS TO GET A LOT MORE INFORMATION AS THINGS ARE RECORDED THEY HAVE OFFS THEY HAVE DEEP WATER BOYCE WHERE THEY CAN NATION WITH THE ACTUAL SIZES AND THAT INFORMATION WILL HELP REFINE. THE MESSAGE BY QUITE A BIT. BUT YOU KNOW WE’VE MODELING FOR WHAT A BIG TSUNAMI COMING INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHEN I WAS WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WE CREATED SOMETHING CALLED THE SAFER. IT’S NOT SCENARIO. AND WE DID IT WITH A REALLY BIG EARTHQUAKE. IN ALASKA, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE THE BIGGEST THAT WE COULD GET TO COME INTO THIS AREA. IN MOST LOCATIONS WE WERE GETTING ONE OR 2 BLOCKS IN FROM THE OCEAN IN FACT WITH THE REALLY BIG DAMAGE IS MOST LIKELY TO BE IS ACTUALLY FOR MARINE US BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE WATER RICE MIGHT NOT RIGHT AT THAT TIME. CURRENTS BECOME VERY STRONG AND SO WHAT WE’LL SEE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO PEERS OR BOATS THAT ARE THAT OFFSHORE IF THEY’RE FAR ENOUGH OFFSHORE THAT THERE’S REALLY IT’S JUST YOU KNOW A SLIGHT RISE IN SEA LEVEL IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL. BUT IF THEY’RE IN HARBOR THAT WE CAN SEE A LOT MORE DAMAGE SO THAT WOULD BE THE THAT WOULD BE WATCH FOR AND I THINK THAT THE PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT THE PREDICTIONS ARE BECAUSE SIR. THAT’S WHERE YOU COULD GET CURRENTS GOING THROUGH THE HARBOR AND POTENTIALLY DOING SOME DAMAGE FROM ESPECIALLY CAN TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, I KNOW DOCTOR JONES YOU’RE AN ARDENT STUDENT OF HISTORY IN YOUR FIELD, I’M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING YOU DON’T KNOW THE 1950 TO 9 POINT OH QUAKE. >> IN KAMCHATKA THE SAME REGION CAUSED DAMAGE, BUT NO REPORTED DEATHS, NO A 9 POINT OUT MANY TIMES STRONGER THAN THIS EARTHQUAKE BUT 30 FOOT WAVES WERE REPORTED IN HAWAII. FOLLOWING THAT. TRYING TO COMPARE I KNOW YOU CAN COMPARE NEXT 7 9 BUT YOU CAN I MEAN AND ESPECIALLY I’M NOT SURE WHAT. >> I DON’T THINK WITH THE MORE MODERN DETERMINATION OF MAGNITUDE THAT NIGHT MIGHT ONLY BE 8.8 OK WE WE DO A MUCH BETTER JOB NOW THAN WE DID IN THE 50’S OF ESTIMATING THE TOTAL AND YOU SAY 30 FEET THAT’S BASICALLY WHAT’S BEING PREDICTED RIGHT NOW FOR HAWAII, OKAY, THEY’RE SAYING THE 3 YOU ONE SAYING ONE TO 3 METERS. NOT NOT 10 METERS RIGHT THE THE MODELING THAT NO IT DOES NOW IS VERY GOOD. I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE A COMPLETELY DONE I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING UPDATES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS THAT WOULD SHOW US WHETHER OR THAT’S LIKELY TO BE SO SO IT MIGHT BE THAT MEAN IT’S 0.79 IF THAT REALLY IF IT REALLY WASN’T BACK THEN. THAT IMPLIES 3 TIMES YOU KNOW, YEAH ABOUT 3 TIMES AS MUCH ENERGY BEING RELEASED SO 3 TIMES AS MUCH BUT THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY LEAD TO STRAIGHT HEIGHT, RIGHT EVERYTHING SPREADS OUT AND AND IT’S IT’S A COMPLEX MODELING JOB WHICH I’M SURE THOSE MODELS ARE BEING STARTED NOW, BUT IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME TO THAT LEVEL OF COMPUTATION TO CALCULATE EXACTLY HOW WATER IS MOVING ACROSS THE WHOLE PACIFIC DOESN’T HAPPEN IN JUST A FEW MINUTES ALL RIGHT DOCTOR LUCY JONES WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I KNOW THAT YOU’RE VERY BUSY WE. >> YOU KNOW HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM YOU AND I THINK IT’S ALSO REALLY GOOD REMINDER. YOU KNOW TO HAVE AN EVACUATION PLAN READY FOR YOUR FAMILY. >> YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH IT’S JUST YOU KNOW WATCH RIGHT NOW. JUST IN CASE YOU LIVE RIGHT AT THE COAST PEOPLE GET VERY I MEAN I’VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT

The California coast is under tsunami watch after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake in Russia on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/california-under-tsunami-watch-after-8-7m-quake-in-eastern-russia/

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