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Tsunami alerts in Hawaii, California, Alaska after Russian earthquake (www.independent.co.uk)

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Officials are watching for signs that a tsunami may be developing. While Hawaii and the California coastline was put on a tsunami watch, parts of Alaska have been put on a tsunami advisory.

The earthquake was initially reported as a magnitude 8.0, but the U.S. Geological Survey upgraded the earthquake to an 8.7.

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[–] blargle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That map is just stupid. The distance the shaded orange/red area goes in from the shore makes it look like they are forecasting the most destructive tsunami in recorded history then you go look at the chart and it's all "< 1ft".

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I dunno, sounds like you are just narrating your journey in learning to read the site.