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54. My daughter lives in Washington in that advisory area but she is up on the mountain, safe. nt

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Tsunami watch on west coast [View all] jmbar2 Jul 29 OP

Get thee to the greatest page for visibility malaise Jul 29 #1

The epicentre was located 136 kilometres east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city in Russia's Far East. Celerity Jul 29 #27

Lovely pics malaise Jul 29 #31

K & R Permanut Jul 29 #2

K&R spanone Jul 29 #3

Had to look it up malaise Jul 29 #9

I did too! spanone Jul 29 #11

Newest major land mass on earth Warpy Jul 29 #14

I believe there was/is a Kamchatka vodka. LeftInTX Jul 30 #69

I knew it from playing the board game Risk as a child uppityperson Jul 29 #18

LOL malaise Jul 29 #19

Hated that game.. had a brother in law that always attacked me... bsiebs Jul 29 #30

I never won, but tried to always get AK and Kamchakta because they seemed interesting uppityperson Jul 29 #45

ain't that the truth. the one game guaranteed to cause family strife Tetrachloride Jul 29 #59

I first heard about Kamchatka in 1983 choie Jul 30 #78

Interesting malaise Jul 30 #79

I'm surprised that no one has heard of Kamchatka Vodka LeftInTX Jul 30 #92

Nice malaise Jul 30 #93

Upgraded to Warning ruet Jul 29 #4

Thanks for the update! jmbar2 Jul 29 #10

Stay safe malaise Jul 29 #20

appreciate it! jmbar2 Jul 29 #23

Wishing you the best blm Jul 29 #22

Thanks jmbar2 Jul 29 #25

We thought we were safe from hurricanes up in the WNC mountains. blm Jul 29 #29

Can you get out and up pretty fast? Permanut Jul 29 #32

I'm about a mile from the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport jmbar2 Jul 29 #34

Beautiful area, love that bridge.. Permanut Jul 29 #37

Thanks jmbar2 Jul 29 #38

Hey, sounds like you'll be okay.. Permanut Jul 29 #41

Hahaha jmbar2 Jul 29 #43

That's a nice location. CentralMass Jul 29 #66

It' a beatiful place. I trust that you have high ground to evacuate to ? CentralMass Jul 29 #65

Thanks - I do jmbar2 Jul 30 #70

Stay safe.. CentralMass Jul 30 #73

Near the Kamchatka Peninsula. calimary Jul 29 #42

Bummer orangecrush Jul 29 #56

8.7! Jesus Christ! FirstLight Jul 29 #5

I know they are always downgraded johnnyfins Jul 29 #6

Sure is big... 2naSalit Jul 29 #16

Just upgraded to an 8.8 bamagal62 Jul 29 #36

Kick for the coast ThoughtCriminal Jul 29 #7

K&R...I'm not close to the coast, but I'm not very high either... Wounded Bear Jul 29 #8

Stay safe, All SheltieLover Jul 29 #12

Kick Emile Jul 29 #13

Kick BadgerMom Jul 29 #15

Ooooohhh...Moclips and Westport, WA GenThePerservering Jul 29 #17

8..7!! The biggest and scariest one I was ever in was 6.7. We were just about right on top of it. Ping Tung Jul 29 #21

More warnings- Japan Issues Tsunami Warning for Areas Including Tokyo Bay malaise Jul 29 #24

Here's a livestream jmbar2 Jul 29 #26

Thanks malaise Jul 29 #28

Kicking. Permanut Jul 29 #33

Finally broke on CNN malaise Jul 29 #35

Worried about our Hawaii DUers radical noodle Jul 29 #39

Just received a warning in San Diego County. I'm inland. Dem2theMax Jul 29 #40

Same here for Oregon jmbar2 Jul 29 #44

I got the same warning LogDog75 Jul 29 #46

I'm in North County, far away from the ocean. Sadly. Dem2theMax Jul 29 #48

There are 10 high rise condo buildings just South of the Hotel del Coronado LogDog75 Jul 29 #49

Tsunami Warning for Oak Park, San Diego...elevation, 312 ft. haele Jul 29 #55

La Jolla resident, 500 yards from the ocean but at an elevation Abolishinist Jul 29 #68

Are they making a ruckus? jmbar2 Jul 30 #71

Aha! I thought I detected a Newport accent coming from several of them. Abolishinist Jul 30 #85

Oh, that's so sad jmbar2 Jul 30 #87

details of the quake below. AllaN01Bear Jul 29 #47

i remember the 7.7 earlier in russia and commented that the strees from that had to go somewhere and here it is . AllaN01Bear Jul 29 #50

Kick DiverDave Jul 29 #51

The Kamchatka, and the far eastern areas, of Russia are some of the most beautiful and unspoiled areas on the planet n/t Cheezoholic Jul 29 #52

Lucky it's hitting during low tide. haele Jul 29 #53

My daughter lives in Washington in that advisory area but she is up on the mountain, safe. nt Trueblue Texan Jul 29 #54

We have some members in Hawaii LetMyPeopleVote Jul 29 #57

Hope they'll update us when it's safe to do so. jmbar2 Jul 29 #58

I just saw this LetMyPeopleVote Jul 29 #62

I just got an alert that the pier and beaches are closed due to the Tsunami watch! SunSeeker Jul 29 #60

Are you in Hawaii? jmbar2 Jul 29 #61

No, I'm in Southern California. SunSeeker Jul 29 #64

Here in Japan, they've still got the tsunami warnings on the TV RazorbackExpat Jul 29 #63

Glad to hear it! jmbar2 Jul 30 #72

Unfortunately, the areas that were hardest hit by the 2011 tsunami, RazorbackExpat Jul 30 #75

Now they've got the entire Pacific coast under a tsunami watch RazorbackExpat Jul 30 #95

Stay safe, coastal DU'ers! Bayard Jul 29 #67

Watching Hawaii news conference on BBC now malaise Jul 30 #74

Waves near California-Oregon border recorded as 3.6 ft (above 1m) muriel_volestrangler Jul 30 #76

Sixth Strongest Quake in modern history 8.8 malaise Jul 30 #77

My DIL posted on FB about the teunami evacuation order. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 30 #80

I watched some of the videos from Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia............. Lovie777 Jul 30 #81

The city was destroyed by a tsunami in 1952. It was rebuilt in a higher location. The port is on the ocean. LeftInTX Jul 30 #90

Sounds like the warnings did their job, and people got out of the way. bearsfootball516 Jul 30 #82

Nothing burger here in Oregon as well jmbar2 Jul 30 #84

Good news malaise Jul 30 #86

I sat in my car on a bluff for a couple of hours last night waiting for waves jmbar2 Jul 30 #88

You did the right thing malaise Jul 30 #89

That's the important thing. LeftInTX Jul 30 #91

Thanks jmbar2 Jul 30 #94

It apears the earthquatke lasted almost 60 seconds.............. Lovie777 Jul 30 #83