Natural Disasters: Oh, does my native land love to kill...

[Snowygerry]

Tsunami waves hit Hawaii as earthquake off Russia triggers evacuations across Pacific - live updates

Millions are evacuated in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, hits Russia's eastern coast.

www.bbc.com

People in Hawaii, some parts of the US west coast and Japan have been told to evacuate after one of the strongest earthquakes in modern history hit Russia's eastern Kamchatka Peninsula

 

[Samson]

Hawaii got hit with the tsunami waves, but while they for 2-4 ft tall, there were no major damages or mass casualty.

 

[Samson]

This goes in at number 6 at almost the exact same spot as number 5.

 

[Snowygerry]

California :

California tsunami timeline: Waves reach state's coast

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake has sent tsunami waves across the Pacific. Waves are expected to hit Southern California around 1 a.m. Wednesday.

www.foxla.com

"However, the maximum height is much, much lower than in Hawaii," she said. "The largest for the region is in Santa Barbara, where it's predicted to be between one and two feet. For all the rest of Southern California it's less than one foot."

 

[amadeus]

I got the tsunami alert this morning (12+ hours ago) and didn’t think it would make it into the American news.

 

[Snowygerry]

It was big on the morning news here, disappeared a bit during the day, it seems to be not as bad as expected, nothing like 2012.