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7.0 Quake Triggers Tsunami Warnings in Kamchatka

8/4/2025

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A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean, prompting Russia's emergency officials to issue warnings of small tsunami waves reaching up to 19 centimeters in three districts of the Kamchatka Peninsula. This seismic activity comes on the heels of an even stronger 8.8 magnitude quake and the rare eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano, which had been dormant for 600 years.

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A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean, prompting Russia's emergency officials to issue warnings of small tsunami waves reaching up to 19 centimeters in three districts of the Kamchatka Peninsula. This seismic activity comes on the heels of an even stronger 8.8 magnitude quake and the rare eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano, which had been dormant for 600 years.