M 8.8 Earthquake and Tsunami (9.9 m) in Russia on 29 Jul 2025 23:24 UTC

2025-07-30 03:11 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :
Evaluation

  • An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.7 occurred off the east coast of kamchatka RUSSIA at 2325 UTC on tuesday JULY 29 2025
  • TSUNAMI waves have been observed
  • Based on all available data hazardous TSUNAMI waves are forecast for some coasts
Threat Forecast

  • TSUNAMI waves reaching more than 3 meters above the tide level are possible along some coasts of ecuador... northwestern hawaiian islands... and russia.
  • TSUNAMI waves reaching 1 to 3 meters above the tide level are possible along some coasts of chile... COSTA rica... FRENCH polynesia... hawaii... japan... JARVIS island... johnston atoll... kiribati... midway island... palmyra island... peru... samoa... and SOLOMON islands.
  • TSUNAMI waves reaching 0.3 to 1 meters above the tide level are possible for some coasts of antarctica... australia... chuuk... colombia... COOK islands... EL salvador... fiji... guatemala... howland and baker... indonesia... kermadec islands... kosrae... MARSHALL islands... mexico... nauru... NEW caledonia... NEW zealand... nicaragua... niue... NORTHERN marianas... palau... panama... PAPUA NEW guinea... philippines... PITCAIRN islands... pohnpei... taiwan... tokelau... tonga... AMERICAN samoa... guam... tuvalu... vanuatu... wake island... WALLIS and FUTUNA ... yap.
  • TSUNAMI waves are forecast to be less than 0.3 meters above the tide level for the coasts of brunei... china... dpr of korea... malaysia... REPUBLIC of korea... and vietnam.
  • Actual amplitudes at the coast MAY vary from forecast amplitudes due to uncertainties in the forecast and local features. in particular maximum TSUNAMI amplitudes on atolls and at locations with fringing or barrier reefs will likely be much smaller than the forecast indicates.
  • For other areas covered by this product a forecast has not yet been computed. the forecast will be expanded if necessary in subsequent products.
Tsunami Observations

  • The following are tsunami wave observations from coastal and/or deep-ocean sea level gauges at the indicated locations the maximum tsunami height is measured with respect to the normal tide level
GAUGE LOCATIONLATLONTIME (UTC)HEIGHT (m)PERIOD (min)
Hanasaki Hokkaido43.3145.601: 580.3258
Dart 4641348-174.201: 440.1940
Kushiro Jp43144.401: 210.3376
Dart 2141550.2171.901: 170.2008
Dart 2141449178.201: 030.2832
Dart 2141648.1163.500: 030.9024