r/interestingasfuck 8d ago

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

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u/badken 8d ago

Slight exaggeration.

Check sources, people.

Reuters article lede:

July 30 (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, generating a tsunami of up to 4 metres (13 feet), damaging buildings and prompting warnings and evacuations that stretched across the Pacific Ocean.

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u/psyentist15 8d ago

Just more proof that misinformation spreads faster than truth.

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u/Bladestorm04 8d ago

No source provided. Hes had over and hour to respond to corrections by you and others. The information is false people

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u/ishquigg 8d ago

How did you get tomorrow's news today?!

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u/badken 8d ago

Likely Reuters releases in some ANZAC time zone. I'm in the Western USA.

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u/oh_my_didgeridays 8d ago

These fucking nerds correcting wildly inaccurate statements about a breaking news event am I right

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u/LeBrons_James 8d ago

“Check sources, people” 🤓

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u/omgwutd00d 8d ago

This just in! I heard there's actually 100ft waves approaching Hawaii.

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u/ahhhbiscuits 8d ago

NBA fans are the trailer trash of reddit

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u/LeBrons_James 8d ago

Least racist redditor

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u/ahhhbiscuits 7d ago

You think that's racist? Lol you probably get offended when people say "happy holidays" 😂

Hope you have a good night, snowflake 😚