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8.7 magnitude earthquake near Russia prompts tsunami alerts in Alaska, Hawaii
ABC News ^ | 7/29/2025 | Leah Sarnoff

Posted on 07/29/2025 5:40:45 PM PDT by Steven Scharf

8.7 magnitude earthquake near Russia prompts tsunami alerts in Alaska, Hawaii Alerts were also issued for Japan and Guam.

By Leah Sarnoff July 29, 2025, 8:35 PM

1:07 What is an earthquake?An earthquake is caused when two blocks of Earth's crust slip past each other on a fault plane, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.

The earthquake occurred about 85 miles off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula with a depth of nearly 12 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Russia; US: Alaska; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: alaska; dutchsinse; earthquake; earthquakes; guam; hawaii; japan; quake; quakes; rummmmmmmmmmmmmmmble; russia; tsunami; tsunamis
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To: Steven Scharf

And now a VOLCANO is erupting on Kamchatka.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14952945/russia-earthquake-tsunami-warning-millions.html

This video is okay, from Australia news:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_6UEowhhA7M&t=121s&pp=2AF5kAIB

Klyuchevskoy volcano, 15584 feet, lava flows


181 posted on 07/30/2025 9:44:19 AM PDT by guthunde47
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To: Steven Scharf

wow
humdinger.I haven’t seen much about kamchatka....
sounds like Cali/Hawaiii tsunamis were small
haven’t heard japan either


182 posted on 07/30/2025 9:48:18 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: Steven Scharf

USGS is calling it an 8.8, which would make it the sixth biggest recorded.

Real close to Russia’s big nuclear submarine base in the Pacific. They got hit by the tsunami too.


183 posted on 07/30/2025 9:53:47 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Maybe the now erupting volcano is a good thing, relieving pressure. The area has been in a state of continuous aftershocks since the 8.8, long list here:

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-36.31513,-147.65625&extent=76.4346,-42.1875&map=false

Dying or dead whales beaching in Japan. West coast of South America evacuating to higher ground still.


184 posted on 07/30/2025 10:13:41 AM PDT by guthunde47
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To: ducttape45

Yes, there is a lot of development —commercial and residential— in Highland, Schereville, St. John, all along U.S. 30 into Merrillville and Hobart. Crown Point has done a good job in attracting good restaurants and retail in the old courthouse square area. Southlake Mall is still there. I haven’t been there since COVID. I just haven’t had a good reason to go back. Some of the big stores are gone and it has occasional problems from the people who like to hang out there.

Traffic is often heavy on the main drags. One of my sons lives in Merrillville and when I go see him I take some back roads that make the trip like a drive in the country.


185 posted on 07/30/2025 10:32:42 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: dfwgator; Red Badger; null and void

Heh this heavy bass line ending
kept playing over and over in my
mind as I was eating a plate 🍽️ of
warmed-up tacos 🌮🌮 for lunch.

It was all instrumental no lyrics

Slice of pumpkin 🎃 pie 🥧 for dessert

LOL 😆 🤣

ANYWAYS I was determined to NOT look at
one of my recent playlists, choosing to
try to get my memory to pull the song
from the cerebral 🧠 archives with about
10 seconds of ending bass, drums and guitar 🎸.

Finally I realized it was a 1970s version
of Neal’s Fandango (video) with Tiran Porter
and Jeff Skunk Baxter from about
1975 (I exchanged a work gift 8-track for
that particular DB 8-track back then).

Playing the song in my mind I remembered
“Loma Prieta my mountain home” so I
came back to the earthquake thread.

No never did drugs LOL 🤣 🤣 🤣.


186 posted on 07/30/2025 11:08:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: WildHighlander57

I believe it was changed to a wtch for the west coast.


187 posted on 07/30/2025 11:09:12 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: SaveFerris

“Loma Prieta my mountain home” so I
came back to the earthquake thread.


That’s my favorite Doobies song.


188 posted on 07/30/2025 11:13:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Steven Scharf

Enough to send a tsunami across the Berring straight.


189 posted on 07/30/2025 11:16:08 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand thhere we CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: dfwgator

It’s fantastic and I sooooo remember it
because I made the effort to memorize
the lyrics and sing them to the song
way back in 1975. The shopping 🛒🛍️ mall
where I used to make cheeseburgers and
chicken sandwiches 🥪🥪 is still there.

It kinda freaks me out that I was there
in 1975 with my 60s Mustang. Went there
last summer and was looking where I used
to park in 1975.

I can still remember the cover of the
8-track with the DB on horses 🐴🐴🐴.

Here’s the video that was playing ⏯️
from memory. John Hartmann(?) and
Keith Knutson on drums, Patrick
Simmons singing, Jeff Skunk Baxter
and Tom Johnston (forgot his last name
at this moment). Tiran Porter could
really play that bass.

https://youtu.be/uuIqdeVX58k?si=PJJU5CMtxXuPHpx2


190 posted on 07/30/2025 11:23:24 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Steven Scharf

Don’t know how big these tsunamis were, but FYI, some tsunamis can be as tall as an inch or two...


191 posted on 07/30/2025 11:28:55 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jane Long

When a tsunami is predicted, boats want to go AWAY from shore out into the open ocean. Safest place to be.


192 posted on 07/30/2025 11:31:08 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: dfwgator

Oh I checked the video clock

It was 23 seconds of instrumentals that
kept playing over and over in my mind 🧠.

More soda! 🥤🥤🥤


193 posted on 07/30/2025 11:34:06 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: dfwgator; All

For those wondering 🤔🤔🤔 about
the Loma Prieta reference:

On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 PM, a 6.9
magnitude earthquake hit near Loma Prieta, CA.,
shaking the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions

I remembered it as fall of 1989 because
a Baseball World Series game was being
played (IIRC) but I wasn’t sure of the
exact date without looking.


194 posted on 07/30/2025 11:40:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: dfwgator

So...I looked

AI

Yes, another earthquake similar to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake is considered highly likely in the San Francisco Bay Area. The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimates a 72% probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake striking the region before 2043. While the exact timing and magnitude are impossible to predict with certainty, the area is overdue for a significant seismic event.

For example, the Hayward fault has a recurrence interval of 140-170 years, and the 1868 earthquake on that fault was around the same magnitude as the Loma Prieta earthquake.

(140+170/2=155 years)

The most recent large earthquake on the Hayward Fault was a magnitude 6.8 event in 1868,

1768+155=2023

Made me wonder 🤔 a bit with a previous mention on the thread about The Cascadia Subduction Zone / San Andreas Fault


That’ll be the day
I move back to Annandale


195 posted on 07/30/2025 11:58:19 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: dfwgator

So...I looked

AI

Yes, another earthquake similar to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake is considered highly likely in the San Francisco Bay Area. The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimates a 72% probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake striking the region before 2043. While the exact timing and magnitude are impossible to predict with certainty, the area is overdue for a significant seismic event.

For example, the Hayward fault has a recurrence interval of 140-170 years, and the 1868 earthquake on that fault was around the same magnitude as the Loma Prieta earthquake.

(140+170/2=155 years)

The most recent large earthquake on the Hayward Fault was a magnitude 6.8 event in 1868,

1868+155=2023 (darn typos!)

Made me wonder 🤔 a bit with a previous mention on the thread about The Cascadia Subduction Zone / San Andreas Fault


That’ll be the day
I move back to Annandale


196 posted on 07/30/2025 12:04:39 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: know.your.why

BREAKING: Tsunami Wave HITS California - Pacific Region On High Alert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pezR2Ue1r50


197 posted on 07/30/2025 12:18:24 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand thhere we CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
I had several friends who lived on Hwy 330, New Elliott, former sister-in-law who lived on Elizabeth Drive in Schererville, there used to be a Dairy Queen at South Cline and US 30, we used to eat at Teibel's at 30 & 41, there used to be a Boz Hot Dog stand at 30 and Old Lincoln Hwy, I graduated from Lake Central HS, geez, I could on and on.

I lived in Dyer on Belden Dr for several years. My old house is still there, though it looks like a dump now. I used to be able to see the IL state board from the tracks across the street from my place. Can't do that now.

198 posted on 07/30/2025 2:43:36 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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To: ducttape45

Teibel’s is still going strong, and I believe Boz’s might still be there too. The DQ at Cline and 30 is now Dairy Belle. I used to like to go to the Old Warsaw Inn in Lynwood. The owner retired at few years ago and closed it down.

I am from St. Louis but have been in the Chicago area for almost 40 years and have gotten to know NW Indiana over the past 25 years. With a couple of exceptions, I find it a decent place to live.


199 posted on 07/30/2025 4:59:22 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: Jim W N

Here’s an interesting variation on that!

https://weather.com/news/weather/video/sea-lions-evacuate-island-during-earthquake


200 posted on 07/30/2025 6:47:59 PM PDT by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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