A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia, early on July 30. It’s the strongest quake there since 1952 and one of the most powerful ever recorded.
Epicenter: ~120 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Depth: ~20 km
Tsunami: Waves up to 4 meters in Kamchatka and smaller waves in Japan, Hawaii, and the U.S. West Coast
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