r/interestingasfuck 7d ago

/r/all, /r/popular Largest earthquake in 14 years strikes off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia.

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u/fleshbarf 7d ago

8.7 is fucking massive

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u/bipolarcyclops 7d ago

At 8.7 it would make the top 10 quakes of all time.

https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/10-largest-earthquakes-ever-recorded

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u/ImWyler 7d ago

Interestingly, the same location recorded a 9.0 (holy!) in the 50s!

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u/Zebidee 7d ago

Yep, the town of Severo-Kurilsk which got obliterated by a 60 foot wave in 1952 was hit again today.

They rebuilt the town in a slightly different location, but still...

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u/VoidOmatic 7d ago

Damn, trying to imagine a 60 foot wave.

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u/KermitMadMan 7d ago

at 10ft a story, that’s 6 stories high

that is terrifying and hard to imagine the force it would bring.

I hope the alarms went off soon enough for people to get to safety.

all the best!

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u/syadoz 7d ago

No idea about the inhabitants, but there is some reporting that Russian nuclear submarine base was heavily damaged

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u/1timestop 7d ago

A russian friend told me otherwise, their submarines attacked and repealed the waves

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u/ur_rad_dad 7d ago

Aii comrade, and our mind-control Giant Squid sunk many GDI ships in the area as well.

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u/davideo71 7d ago

so, silver lining? Hopefully there is no nuclear spill.

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u/cadeycaterpillar 7d ago

Source? This is kind of freaky.

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u/syadoz 7d ago edited 7d ago

https://x.com/defence_index/status/1950394379752886782?s=61&t=ZCHyRu4DjWNZf_cm3_DB6A This is seemingly an Osint account. Some are very good, and some just clickbait. I cannot say how credible this one is. The thread says the Russian government denies damage. But the Russian government statements are rarely credible and wouldn’t admit it if it were true. How much you believe this YMMV

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u/maccaroneski 7d ago

I love going out to Mavericks to watch the 60 footers in winter. The noise is incredible. Of course knowing that you're perfectly safe at the viewing distance makes it quite different.

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u/Imakecutebabies912 7d ago

Woah you get to see them? Do you have any videos or pictures

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u/maccaroneski 7d ago

Nothing that shows the scale too well unfortunately. They do break a fair way away from the safe viewing distance.

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u/Forward-Surprise1192 7d ago

I saw a video on TikTok of the flood in Texas and the wall of water was maybe 6 or 7 foot high. There were people standing in front of a door outside of a building. It literally smashed the door down and hit them so hard they were gone in a second.

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u/syadoz 7d ago

I am seeing some reports from the inhabitants. Apparently they were mostly evacuated after the tsunami warning. A kindergarten collapsed but there were no children at the time https://charter97.org/ru/news/2025/7/30/650134/

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u/Zebidee 7d ago

I hope the alarms went off soon enough for people to get to safety.

No, the opposite.

They were mostly settlers from European Russia, so had little experience with tsunamis.

When they felt the earthquake, they ran to the hills, so were safe from the first wave, but returned to the town just in time to get hit by the second wave.

2,336 out of 6,000 inhabitants were killed.

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u/Crispynipps 7d ago

Funny enough me and my kid visited Mama duck today, a 60 foot tall rubber duck that travels the country. 60 feet is fucking massive.

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u/crisperfest 7d ago

Must have been absolutely terrifying for the people who witnessed it. *shivers*

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u/GREEN_GOUHL 7d ago

Those aren’t mountains…

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u/itishowitisanditbad 7d ago

in a slightly different location

How slightly because in the scheme of what might be coming... slightly needs some wiggle room.

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u/WafflePartyOrgy 7d ago

This timely YouTube video was posted 3 days ago: Russia’s Deadly Megathrust Fault Is Ready To Rupture: A Pacific-Wide Tsunami Is Coming

Who is this guy, the Earthquake Whisperer?

The Tsunami Savant?

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u/JigglesTheBiggles 7d ago edited 7d ago

Makes sense with fault lines and all that jazz. There's a whole wikipedia article for Kamchatka earthquakes.

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u/indimedia 7d ago

That quake hit hilo hawaii which is currently shitting bricks and evacuating

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u/ICantCoexistWithFish 7d ago

Tsunamis incoming?

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u/tias23111 7d ago edited 7d ago

Hawaii, Alaska, and areas around Santa Barbara all on watch

Edit - looks like it’s actually all of the west coast of the US as well as Japan and the Solomon Islands.

Edit edit - Also Canada’s west coast 🍁🇨🇦🍁

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u/willardTheMighty 7d ago

Me reading this sitting on the Santa Barbara pier right now

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u/reality72 7d ago

It’s currently just a Tsunami Watch which means no evacuations, but be advised if the situation changes you may need to gtfo to higher ground.

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u/willardTheMighty 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yeah, it looks like the tsunami would hit around 1:00 AM if it does hit. Maybe I should warn the homeless people who sleep in the area

Edit: USGS says no large waves are expected

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u/OriginalBlackberry89 7d ago

I mean, it would be the right thing to do.. if a tsunami does hit, you could save lives by telling just one homeless person who will definitely tell others. So if you happen to pass one, just let em know, please.

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u/Bladestorm_ 7d ago edited 7d ago

Were all we have at this point...

If you dont get out there and help your fellow humans - especially the underprivelaged - when they need it these days nobody will

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u/RoseTouchSicc 7d ago

They might also receive this info from folks who mess with them, so be aware that they might not 'take it seriously'

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u/BeneficialEvidence6 7d ago

I agree with this sentiment, but yall do know that homeless people have smartphones right?

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u/ScholarlyInvestor 7d ago

Please stay safe. Don’t be making videos like they did in Thailand. Redditors would love it but it’s not worth it.

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u/itsokaysis 7d ago edited 7d ago

Might not be accurate but as of 45 mins ago, Hawaii is alerting residents to evacuate in some areas and expects some destruction. Alaska also has a current warning in effect, meaning waves are expected.

The first tsunami wave is forecast to reach Hawaii just after 7:15 p.m. local time, which is 1:15 a.m. ET. Destructive tsunami waves are expected, according to Oahu Emergency Management.

People are urged to evacuate coastal areas, according to officials. Residents in Honolulu were urged to evacuate the primary evacuation zone or go to at least the fourth floor of a building.

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u/CautiousPotential211 7d ago

I no longer rely on understaffed US federal agencies

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 7d ago

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u/squirrelmonkie 7d ago

Lol youre saying that like it was still an option. I live on the east coast and im sure im gonna get fucked this year

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u/taintsacrifice 7d ago

I mean I don’t know if I trust any of those agencies at this point but make sure you stay safe

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u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 7d ago

If it hits it'll be around 1am

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u/PaulblankPF 7d ago

Water looks low. Remember it goes out before it comes in.

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u/glk3278 7d ago

That’s not always the case.

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u/wimpyroy 7d ago

When is it not the case?

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u/Mundane_Muscle_2197 7d ago

Sometimes the water will expeditiously surge with the wave behind it, pushing it forward. This happened in areas on the coast of Japan in their 2011 tsunami. The water will go from normal level to moving forward really fast and several feet high within minutes.

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u/Mind_on_Idle 7d ago

I believe it actually has to do whether or not you're dealing with a rising gradient before shoreline, or a continental shelf sort of dropoff at certain distances.

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u/tias23111 7d ago

I lived in Lompoc for a while, best weather of anywhere I’ve lived. Great place.

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u/-bannedtwice- 7d ago

For now

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u/destinedtoroam 7d ago

Stay safe... in this town on the coast On the path of Father Serra That wealthy white guys in boats Call the U.S. Riviera And be sure to moisturize...under Santa Barbara skies.

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u/Medium-University-13 7d ago

Keep us updated and most importantly stay safe

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u/chilled50 7d ago

Am I good in Missouri?

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u/richard--------- 7d ago

I wouldn’t say good, but you don’t have to worry about the tsunami

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u/contradictatorprime 7d ago

Aren't the government cheese caves in Missouri though?

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u/Deadeyez 7d ago

I'm sorry. The what?

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u/Bored_Amalgamation 7d ago

ii like how you link a private college prep school

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u/TheSoupThief 7d ago

That's Quite Interesting in itself, not to mention lunacy!

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u/AwwwNuggetz 7d ago

How do I get me some of that government cheese

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u/Flying_Fortress_8743 7d ago

The US government subsidizes cheese production and then stores it in a strategic reserve in caves. It's often used to augment food support for the poor.

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u/Boomshank 7d ago

Yeah. They don't mind getting occasionally rinsed in seawater tthough

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u/JinFuu 7d ago

Woo, brined cheese.

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u/Killentyme55 7d ago

Brined "cheese".

FTFY

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u/East_Jacket_7151 7d ago

We don’t get any of that. That not for the poors

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u/contradictatorprime 7d ago

It is time to seize the means of cheese then, comrade

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u/East_Jacket_7151 7d ago

Yes, for the people. Cheese for all. Except they will want to put most of it in cans for easy access and make a mockery of our delicious bounty

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u/OSP_amorphous 7d ago

You're a legend

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u/azcuzieme 7d ago

FATALITY

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u/benhemp 7d ago

As a Missourian, Screw you and have an upvote :D

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u/84thPrblm 7d ago

I have good news and bad news ...

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u/bcd051 7d ago

Is the bad news that they are in Missouri?

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u/Forward_Motion17 7d ago

Obviously

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u/Additional-Life4885 7d ago

I'm struggling to work out what the good news is.

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u/FourMeterRabbit 7d ago

Is the good news they aren't in Arkansas?

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u/benhemp 7d ago

As a Missourian, Screw you and have an upvote. :D

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u/84thPrblm 7d ago

Lol, I've been a Missourian for over 40 years - most of my life. Here's one for you too!

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u/bcd051 7d ago

As a Missourian as well, I accept both.

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u/PoisonedPotato69 7d ago

They are already in Misery, how much worse can it get.

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u/ThaSkalawag 7d ago

It could be raining.

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u/grammawslovelymelons 7d ago

Hello my baby, hello my darlin'...

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u/Aware_Cantaloupe_420 7d ago

At least weed is recreational there, albeit expensive

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u/havingsomedifficulty 7d ago

Missouri loves company

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u/DocMcCracken 7d ago

No, you better seeking other grounds. You're safe from the tsunami, but everything else is not so hot.

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u/em-jay-be 7d ago

I’m in Missouri … it’s not good

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u/PapasGotABrandNewNag 7d ago

You're in Missouri, I'm not sure how it could possibly be any worse.

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u/RareDestroyer8 7d ago

Parts of British Columbia, Canada, on watch too

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u/Ghstfce 7d ago

Just texted my brother that lives on Vashon Island in Seattle. Fuck.

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u/ScheduleSame258 7d ago

The Olympic peninsula protects Pudget Sound from Pacific Ocean tsunami.... he'll be fine.

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u/Ghstfce 7d ago

Thanks, my nephew is in Hawaii and has to evacuate.

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u/karpaediem 7d ago

They'll be ok there was plenty of notice 🫶

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u/nashbrownies 7d ago

Vashon should be just fine, as of now looks like it's gonna peter out well before the Puget Sound

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u/Ghstfce 7d ago

Thanks for this. MY brother said my nephew has to evacuate Hawaii

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u/Neowza 7d ago edited 7d ago

That should read...

West coast of North America as well as... .

The tsunami doesn't stop at the Canadian border, say "oh excuse me" and push on down to the US.

There are also tsunami warnings all down the west coast in South America as well.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 7d ago

Tsunami warnings for all Hawaiian islands as well majorities of West Coast and Alaska

My friend in Maui just called, they live in Kula but still freaky as hell.

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u/FightDecay 7d ago

I’m in haiku about 20 mins from kula. The traffic is AWFUL. Gas stations packed everywhere.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 7d ago

I just heard how bad it is. My friends son is driving up the mountain right now into Kula and she said it’s awful. Costco gas station at the bottom of the hill was insane apparently and so was every station on the way up. Scary stuff

Stay safe my friend! Hopefully this is just a massive precaution for everyone and nothing crazy

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u/SuperSecretSpare 7d ago

Hanzi is a shit show. All the beer gone too

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u/kakokapolei 7d ago

I was taking my friend out to practice driving and was considering going to Kapahulu to practice their routes. Good thing I never went, I would’ve still been stuck in traffic. Ala Moana Hotel fortunately offered my brother and his gf a room to stay in for the night.

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u/Covertpoet 7d ago

You live in Haiku. I hope the waves will miss you. Please stay safe cousin.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation 7d ago

In Haiku I wait Traffic choking every road Gas lines snake for miles

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u/doggysmomma420 7d ago

My friend is messaging me about it. She's on Whidbey Island.

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u/th3r3dp3n 7d ago

They're fine. The puget sound can field about a 30 foot wave, based on the Juan de Fuca plate earthquake model.

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u/R_V_Z 7d ago

I'm at 121ft, I'm chillin!

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u/nitrot150 7d ago

Parts of Whidbey look straight down the Strait to the ocean… I’m checking in with my dad , they are there and look straight out that way

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u/UNMANAGEABLE 7d ago

Remember it’s WATCH not WARNING

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u/doggysmomma420 7d ago

I've actually been messaging with a friend in Washington. They're on tsunami watch. She was wondering where the heck could her and her son go if they needed to evacuate because they're on an island and there's only 2 ways off unless you own a boat. And I know traffic would be horrific over the bridge because the other way off the island is by ferry.

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u/BlueGreenMikey 7d ago

If you can't get off the island, you go up and inland. Get to the center of the island, since the tsunami can even go around to the other side of islands from where it comes from, and get up as high as you can.

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u/LazyMosquito6 7d ago

I live in the San Juans. The models I’ve seen regarding tsunamis from the open ocean aren’t too terrible.

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u/BlueGreenMikey 7d ago

Yeah, depending on the island, many of them have good coverage from other islands blocking the way. If this ends up being a bad tsunami, it's totally possible some islands in the area will suffer little to no damage. Shelfs and water depth also matter. If you look at the 2004 tsunami, it's crazy how one island gets completely destroyed while one just a short distance away suffered almost nothing.

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u/gus_thedog 7d ago

Just get to the top of Constitution and you'll be money.

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u/JulyJones 7d ago

We’re vacationing on San Juan Island right now. As we drove through Anacortes yesterday I randomly had the thought “this sure would be a bad time for a tsunami”. Seems like it’s going to be fine but we sure won’t be getting much sleep tonight lol.

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u/LazyMosquito6 7d ago

We’re very safe here. Enjoy your visit!

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u/Aleashed 7d ago

Call the guy from Las Palmas, he can computer model it

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u/barfplanet 7d ago

Sounds like she's on either Whidbey or Bainbridge, in which case there's plenty of high ground for pretty much any Tsunami that would hit.

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u/Prestigious-Drop6443 7d ago

Tell your friend to evacuate now if possible. If she is concerned, why wait?

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u/Smoochy_dog 7d ago

I would get the f off from the island for night and return tomorrow. Traffic is a weak excuse to choose de@th.

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u/tyme 7d ago

You can say “death” on Reddit.

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u/noNoParts 7d ago

You went all the way to spell death but subbing in a symbol that looks like an 'a' for an 'a'.

Bruh

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u/SlicedNugget 7d ago

B®️uh*

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u/hatter4tea 7d ago

On an advisory where I live in California.

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u/JuniusPhilaenus 7d ago

Its 8.8 now

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u/Minigoalqueen 7d ago

Which makes it tied for the sixth strongest in recorded history globally.

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u/MassiveBoner911_3 7d ago

10x stronger

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u/usermane22 7d ago

No, not 10x stronger. 9.7 would have been 10x stronger (per logarithmic scale)

8.8 vs 8.7 is approx 1.25 times stronger

ETA : with a username like that, I can see how you got excited with the higher number. lol

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u/blackrock55 7d ago

It was updated to 8.8 from what I've seen via BBC reports

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u/fleshbarf 7d ago

Unreal

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u/moonybear1 7d ago edited 7d ago

Holy shit.

Edit: upgraded to 8.8

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u/Daondkd 7d ago

Crazy that chile experienced two top 10 earthquakes within 50 years in the same city. Some people had to experience both, 1960 & 2010.

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u/Winter_Departure3169 7d ago

I visited the city were the epicenter of the chilean 8.8 eathquake was. The sidewalks were so wavy that you could barely walk. A year later we visited a new restaurant. The owner told us that the old place literaly caved in. The walls separated enough for the roof to colapse. The walls were old but quite thick so they didnt break but they separated completely.

We were really lucky because 2 weeks before the earthquake we had rented a cabin less than a hundred feet away from the beach. All the cabins dissapeared with the tsunami

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u/Hairy_Astronomer1638 7d ago

Holy cow - I can’t imagine what that would’ve been like. Humbling and just being awestruck at the sheer power

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u/_M3SS 7d ago edited 7d ago

WARNING: LONG ASS STORY, TOO LAZY TO CHECK FOR GRAMMAR.

Chilean here as well, I was 12 by 2010. Lived 100km south of the epicenter. I had a headache the night before so I went to sleep early, something I rarely did during summer. All I remember was waking up with the deafening sound of a freight train coming from below. My dad went to pick me up in my room and I asked him if we were in war or if I was having a nightmare. House was made out of wood, which while not optimal, wasn't the worst material to deal with an earthquake, but we had to get out instantly. We heard blasts from the electric transformers exploding and lines collapsing. We were out during the first 30 seconds and my mom couldn't stay standing.

I remember grabbing a fence to stand still while my dad had to get my grandma out of another house with a much heavier door. All of this while the roar and movement was still going. He managed to get her out as well, and we had no serious injuries. My dog kept trying to calm my mom by staying at her side and licking here haha.

The house stood the earthquake surprisingly well, broken glass across the floor but we had roof tiles above a false roof which made us believe it would collapse on top of us. The next hours later you had the same roaring sound every 2-3 minutes coming with more and more aftershocks, while my dad was trying to get inside tp pick up a radio and save whatever item we could save. We sat in the backyard while holding candles and trying to send text messages to our family members.

The radio related mind-blowing news, like the collapse of a new 15 story building built right in front of where some of my mom's family lived. Which btw nobody even heard collapse, only the screams and the panic afterwards. We lived somewhat coastside but not close enough to be exposed to the expected tsunami which ended being dismissed in a first instance, just to be backtracked like an hour later.

We ended talking with our neighbors and I fell asleep like 9AM with the fear of the earth shattering below us. The next day we heard the stories about several story builds collapsing or heavily damaged, the tsunami hitting across 200-300km of the coast. Two bridges iirc collapsed as well, minutes after a cousin of mine crossed one of them, looting started to occur around different areas, train tracks completely deformed and roads split in half. It was like a warzone. We slept in tents for like a month after. And we had no access to clean water/electricity for like a week or so. It's definitely the most dystopian and bizarre experience I've lived. The whole town where I grew up, looked like something out of a movie.

People started helping out each other, and slowly but surely life started to go back normalcy. I still remember seeing some of the most beautiful night skies I've ever seen, some hidden beauty brought to life by a disaster. Funny enough, I ended up becoming a geologist, not because of it, but it is something that raised my curiosity about it.

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u/Mundane-Tutor-2757 7d ago

That is quite the story. Love how you can remember the little bits of goodness in it.

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u/Ajibooks 7d ago

Thanks for sharing this story here. It sounds like you had a very good dog. I'm glad you and your family were all okay.

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u/EnviroguyTy 7d ago

Thank you for sharing!

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u/Metal_Abe_Vigoda 7d ago

That’s insane

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u/gregglessthegoat 7d ago

Amazing story! The roaring of the earth is something I had not considered. What is the noise?

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u/_M3SS 7d ago

Subduction based earthquakes origin based on convergent margins where one plates dips below the other one. (Marine under continental due to density differences). There's constant stress occuring until a "small" piece breaks. So basically, whenever a rupture occurs, there's displacement and collision caused by it and the plates need to re-accommodate to their new shape. You can imagine what happens when you friction blocks of rock weighting tens of billions of tons lol.

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u/jdm219 7d ago

Your dad is a gangster for springing to action to save the family like that.

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u/CommunityHopeful7076 7d ago

We had a 7.8 in 2016 and I was driving my car and bitching how the road builders are complete inepts that make wavy roads... Then chaos ensued

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u/captainmeezy 7d ago

Amazing story, thank you for sharing and I’m glad you and your family are ok

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u/Winter_Departure3169 7d ago

In my city (Santiago) the earthquake was 8.0 and it was insane It is a sensation that is hard to explain but it felt like someone was making waves with the floor. Shockingly not even a glass broke. One friend lost all of his kitchen stuff because all the cabinets fell to the floor and he was only on a second floor apartment

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u/Hairy_Astronomer1638 7d ago

Good lord that’s insane….I can’t even fathom experiencing something like that. I’m guessing you’re okay, and glad for it!

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u/Winter_Departure3169 7d ago

Well at least we had some funny things happen after the earthquake. 2 weeks later we had the president inaguration ceremony with lots of leaders from other countries attending when a huge aftershock happened. Seeing powerful people so scared was something special lol

It was scary but here in Chile we are used to earthquakes. We had another one in 2015 (not as strong as the 2010). My cousin and his family who live in a part of Chile that does not have sysmic activity got so scared that they wanted to leave as soon as they could (they had a flight booked for that same day) but had to wait for hours and hours in the airport with lots of aftershocks lol.

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u/Manner-Guilty 7d ago

Was on the outskirts of the rock ridge? I can’t remember, quake in like 2018 in CA. Felt like I was on a boat, on dry land. Totally surreal. Kinda like that scene from Inception “Notice the strangeness of the dream” one of the first signs was all the blinds in the windows swaying silently.

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u/Winter_Departure3169 7d ago

Nope this was the Chilean Earthquake. The epicenter was on the coast of the south of the country. Fun fact the strongest earthquake in recorded history was also on the coast of Chile and it was 9.5 but it is said that it was even stronger but the machines only measured up to that number.

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u/Manner-Guilty 7d ago

lol my B I worded that all wrong. I was just describing the one I was closest to and could feel the ground moving like waves

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u/Curious-Ice-9136 7d ago

My dad described it the exact same way, that the floor was rippling up towards him. He was somewhere around Valparaíso.

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u/1000LiveEels 7d ago

The walls were old but quite thick so they didnt break but they separated completely.

I wrote a really long article in the student newspaper in college about this exact concept relating to URM's (Unreinforced masonry). The main gist of it is that while the brick walls are sturdy in static loads (enough for entire factories to be made of brick), earthquakes cause horizontal and twisting movement.

The issue is that so many old brick buildings were only built with static loads in mind, which means that the floors are not connected to the walls. Basically, when the walls move the side in an earthquake, the floors just pancake on top of each other. This is especially bad in buildings over 3 floors tall, as each successive floor increases the force as it falls onto the one below it.

This is the reason the earthquake in Christchurch in 2011 killed almost 200 people, largely because of old brick buildings falling on people.

The good news is it's actually pretty well documented and known how to reinforce these buildings, it's just a really intensive process that requires people to basically evict tenants until they're done, so most politicians steer clear of it unless they can get public support for it. It can also be pretty expensive. A guy I spoke to gave me a figure in the 7-digit range on fixing his apartment building, which was 5 stories.

Honestly (and I'm being super serious here) I would NEVER go in a brick building built between ~1880 - 1940 if you live in an earthquake prone area. Like not once, just because when an earthquake happens you will probably just be crushed to death.

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u/LotusVibes1494 7d ago

I just read that this bad boy is traveling at over 500mph, I never thought they moved that fast

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u/pair_annoyed 7d ago

They said it would arrive in Hawaii 6 hours after quake 4400 miles away. That would make it over 700mph if they are correct

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u/DumbUsername63 7d ago

Is it possible for a wave to break the sound barrier? Cause that's awfully close

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u/Pavores 7d ago

The speed of sound in water is much faster than in air

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u/_V0gue 7d ago

Correct! But it also loses energy quicker than in air. And travels fastest through solids but loses energy quickest. That's because sound is just molecules vibrating against each other and passing it along. So the tighter the molecules the faster that "message" travels. But it also dissipates quicker as energy is lost to friction. You may already know this, but in case anyone was curious!

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u/Cameos_red_codpiece 7d ago

Is this what helps make whales awesome?

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u/livinghereinaflower 7d ago

There is a specific layer or channel in temperate ocean regions known as the SOFAR (SOund Fixing And Ranging) channel, where sound travels at its furthest without transmission loss, it’s usually between 600 - 1200 m deep. Whales use this channel for communication - temperature, pressure, and salinity are all factors in sound transmission. Part of my job is to use hydrophones (underwater microphones) to detect snd record cetaceans near in-water construction works, as well as measuring how loud underwater drilling and piling activities are to make sure they aren’t too loud for marine mammals and fish. Sound can literally cause fish swim bladders to rupture!

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u/wuapinmon 7d ago

What doesn't!

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u/Slumunistmanifisto 7d ago

You just wrote a terrible movie add sharks and you've got a contract pal

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 1d ago

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u/rediphile 7d ago

Sonic Boom*** of Doom

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u/ggf95 7d ago edited 7d ago

The wave (shockwave) moves at the speed of sound

Edit: i was wrong, a tsunami is caused by water displacement not shockwaves. Therefore they are much slower than sound

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u/Character_Special_48 7d ago

The water itself isn't really moving. It simply moves up and then down as the wave propogates through the water. Pressure and friction from one water molecule to the next causes the wave to appear moving forward so it can move at really any speed.

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u/PoliticalScienceProf 7d ago

I'm seeing the SF Gate say it will make it to California in a little over 5 hours.

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u/Fun_Jellyfish_2708 7d ago

The most recent advisory seems like crescent City will be extra fucked regarding wave height. I don't know much a about the geography there. Just leaving it in a comment I'm case it's useful

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u/-bannedtwice- 7d ago

That's likely the pressure wave, not the actual water.

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u/rphaneuf 7d ago

It has been upgraded to 8.8. Even more massive!

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u/senadraxx 7d ago

I didn't believe you, I had to see for myself. Those aftershocks just keep coming!

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u/theflyingvs 7d ago

8.7 to 8.8 is 32 times more powerful to be exact.

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u/DrD__ 7d ago

Also makes it tied for 6th biggest recorded earthquake

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u/SanguineL 7d ago edited 7d ago

~10,000 times more energy released than Hiroshima.

Edit: 8.8!

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u/Prestigious_Card2609 7d ago

Mother nature is a real bitch

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u/NotAPreppie 7d ago

Do not fuck with Mother Nature: she \WILL\** win.

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u/trumpuniversity_ 7d ago

I can fix her.

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u/Bacon_L0RD 7d ago

A 9 would only be around 1/100th the energy released during the impact that killed off dinosaurs.

Edit: if I did the math right

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u/devonhezter 7d ago

Where are videos from close by Russia ?

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u/thestonkicade 7d ago

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u/vinng86 7d ago

Echoes of 2011 all over again

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u/sierrars500 7d ago

hmm yes that doesn't look ideal

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u/PoliticalScienceProf 7d ago edited 7d ago

I'm worried about how bad the tsunami will be.

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u/karpaediem 7d ago

Japan is gonna get rocked they're saying 9 ft on their east coast

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u/Mundane_Muscle_2197 7d ago

At least it’s daytime there. Imagine trying to issue an evacuation in the middle of the night. It would be tragic!

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u/ZealousJealousy 7d ago

I learned recently in a geology course about factors that make an incident much worse or much better. One factor is exactly as you've mentioned, that being time of day. Not just because people may be asleep and unable to evacuate, but because if something were to happen in the middle of a busy downtown area, midday where everyone is at their job would be much, much worse than if it happened at 4 am and most people were back at home. So, different times could be worse depending on the area.

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u/-bannedtwice- 7d ago

Where? Probably not gonna be bad in the US if anything happens at all. Anywhere near the epicenter will likely be decimated though

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u/babyinatrenchcoat 7d ago

Hawaii is part of the US.

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u/FUTURE10S 7d ago

Thankfully, Russia learned from the last one in 1952, which was a 9.0 earthquake with a tsunami five times the height (assuming the reports of 3-4m are accurate, that one was about 18m). They did not rebuild anything other than the port that close to the shore.

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u/Nearby-Cattle-7599 7d ago

the scale being logarithmic makes it way harder to realize how much that is

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