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Tsunami Waves Sweep Along U.S. Coastlines Following Massive Earthquake Off Russia
A Powerful Earthquake Triggers Pacific-Wide Tsunami Warnings
Last night, a significant seismic event occurred off Russia's eastern coast, registering an 8.8 magnitude on the Richter scale. This places the earthquake as the sixth strongest ever recorded globally. The quake's immense energy displaced the seafloor, causing a rupture that lifted the ocean floor upward by approximately a meter, generating large waves that propagated across the Pacific Ocean basin. Citizens and authorities in countries along the Pacific rim, including Japan, Chile, French Polynesia, and the United States, braced for this natural threat.