Recap: 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Russia, Tsunami Warnings Issued

Recent Major Earthquake

• 🌍 An 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, struck Russia's Far East on Wednesday.
• 🌊 The quake triggered tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska, leading to Pacific-wide warnings.

Historical Powerful Earthquakes

• 🇨🇱 The Great Chilean earthquake in 1960, a 9.5 magnitude quake, caused over 1600 deaths, primarily due to a resulting tsunami.
• 🇺🇸 In 1964, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Alaska, the largest recorded in the US, lasted nearly 5 minutes and caused over 130 fatalities and subsequent tsunamis.
• 🌏 A 9.1 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in 2004 devastated Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Africa, killing 230,000 people, with over 167,000 in Indonesia alone.
• 🇯🇵 In 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off Japan's coast caused a massive tsunami that impacted the Fukushima nuclear plant, leading to meltdowns and over 18,000 deaths.
• 🇷🇺 A 9.0 magnitude earthquake in 1952 caused significant damage in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, but no reported deaths, despite a tsunami hitting Hawaii with 30ft waves.

Current Tsunami Threat

• ⚠️ Wednesday's quake prompted tsunami warnings from Hawaii to New Zealand, with officials cautioning the threat could persist for over a day.