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How 30 years of NOAA research led to one very accurate and timely tsunami forecast  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (.gov) NASA’s SWOT satellite captures Kamchatka megaquake tsunami in striking detail  ScienceDaily Geology professor breaks down earthquake activity in Carolinas following major earthquake near Russia  WBTV Old clips misrepresented online after Russian mega-quake  AFP Fact Check 8.8 magnitude quake strikes off Russia’s Far …

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Data provided by the water satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the French space agency, is helping to improve tsunami forecast models, benefitting coastal communities. The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite captured the tsunami spawned by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30, 11:25 a.m. local time. The satellite, a …

The SWOT data on the height, shape, and direction of the tsunami wave is key to improving these types of forecast models. “The satellite observations help researchers to better reverse engineer the cause of a tsunami, and in this case, they also showed us that NOAA’s tsunami forecast was right on the money,” said Josh Willis, a JPL oceanographer. The …

Facebook Tweet Email Link As powerful waves surged across the vast Pacific on Wednesday, people around the world remained glued to their phones, tracking the tsunami’s fast progress. But in China, more than a million people were searching for an unusual term: “Prophecy.” That’s because, for some, the natural disaster had seemingly been foretold four years earlier, in a Japanese …

Russian officials warned that a tsunami wave of up to 19 centimeters (7.5 inches) could affect a section of the Kamchatka coast following a strong tremor on Sunday morning. “As a result of the earthquake that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, a tsunami wave no more than 19 centimeters high may reach the Aleutian municipal district, no more than 15 centimeters high …

Russia cancels tsunami warning for Kamchatka after quake, dormant volcano erupts  Reuters Illinois family among hundreds who watched cruise ship leave without them during tsunami warning  KSDK Cruise Ships Sailed to Safety Amid Tsunami Warnings, Leaving Some Passengers Behind  The New York Times Visualizing the Russia earthquake and tsunami in maps and charts  CNN Science news this week: A magnitude 8.8 megaquake and whether …

Tsunami possible in Russia’s Kamchatka after quake, dormant volcano erupts  Reuters Illinois family among hundreds who watched cruise ship leave without them during tsunami warning  KSDK Cruise Ships Sailed to Safety Amid Tsunami Warnings, Leaving Some Passengers Behind  The New York Times Visualizing the Russia earthquake and tsunami in maps and charts  CNN Science news this week: A magnitude 8.8 megaquake and whether we …

Illinois family among hundreds who watched cruise ship leave without them during tsunami warning  KSDK Waves reach US west coast after Russian earthquake as Japan lifts tsunami warnings  BBC ‘It’s chaos’: Cruise passenger describes Hawaii tsunami  SFGATE Watertown couple recounts tsunami warning, fleeing to higher ground  WWNY Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Produce Such a Weak Tsunami?  The New York Times Source link

Russia’s nuclear submarine base in the country’s Far East appears to have been hit by the powerful tsunami that swept the Pacific on July 30, according to satellite imagery seen by the Telegraph and published Aug. 1. An 8.8 magnitude earthquake near the Russian Kamchatka peninsula on July 30 triggered tsunami waves in Russia’s Far East, prompting evacuations in Japan …