Hazardous waves from strong 8.7 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, Hawaii, Alaska and some Pacific islands after earthquake struck off Kamchatka
Hazardous waves from strong 8.7 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, Hawaii, Alaska and some Pacific islands after earthquake struck off Kamchatka
Isn’t that the fault that triggered the first 9.0 recorded? Damn plate tectonics you scary
You’re right. 1952 Severo-Kurilsk
Almost the same spot too. 15-18m tsunami waves, three of them.
I don’t know if the depth of it was different, or since it’s a logarithmic scale it was just that much weaker, but Russia reported 10-12ft tsunami waves (which is admittedly way too much) Japan reported 2ft, and California got between 2ft and 5ft.
Probably had more to do with the direction the plates shifted rather than total energy of the shift I guess
Yeah, I imagine even a 1ft tidal wave would be enough to sweep a person or a small car away.
Apparently, there are a whole mess of magnitude scales. The 8.8 and 9.0 are given in “Mw” scale,which estimates total energy. It doesn’t differentiate between friction and the seismic wave energies.