An 8.7 earthquake has just struck off the coast of Eastern Russia at 18:24 UTC (6:24pm CT), close to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Tsunami Watches and Warnings have been issued in Alaska and Hawai’i.
The city (big city-ish) closest to the earthquake is Kodiak, Alaska. A Tsunami Advisory has been issued there.
The last earthquake close to this intensity was the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (M9.1)
More updates soon.
Holy cow…
Hope everyone is ok…
TSUNAMI UPDATE
The entire U.S. West Coast has a Tsunami Watch. San Francisco to Los Angeles can experience the tsunami at 8:00 - 9:00PM Pacific Time. Some of the Seattle Bay Area can expect waves at 7:00PM Pacific Time.
A Tsunami WARNING has been issued for the entire state of Hawai’i. If you live in Hawai’i, please seek higher ground. Waves will reach Hawai’i at about 7:17PM HST, which is 4 hours from now.
Seek further information at www.tsunami.gov
More updates soon.
An update has been released on wave heights. San Francisco will have wave heights of less than 1 ft, while Crescent City (Northern CA) will have wave heights of 3-6ft.
Update can be found here: tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2025/07/29/t06p1k/3/WEAK51/WEAK51.txt
Tsunami Warnings are also in effect for Tohoku (Eastern Honshu) and along the Southern Coast of Japan until Osaka. Tsunami Warnings are also in effect for Eastern Hokkaido, Japan.
1m wave heights have been recorded southwest of Attu Station, Alaska. 0.4m wave heights have been recorded in Northeastern Hokkaido, Japan. Hokkaido got these waves at 8:42 CDT (01:42) UTC