A tsunami is not expected on Vancouver Island and the rest of B.C. following a large earthquake east of Russia.
The quake did put Hawaii under a tsunami watch but it ended as of 8:53 p.m.
Tsunami Watch is cancelled as of 553 pm HST.
— NWSHonolulu (@NWSHonolulu) March 25, 2020
And there were some tense moments for over an hour following the earthquake as the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center looked at the tsunami to determine the level of danger.
The City of Port Alberi was also monitoring the earthquake.
The National Tsunami Warning Center ultimately determined at 9:08 p.m. there was no tsunami danger for Alaska, British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon and California. Some areas could see non-damaging sea-level changes.
Dr. Lucy Jones, the renowned seismologist based in California, tweeted the earthquake happened in the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone.
Jones also wrote the earthquake is not the type that usually produces a tsunami, as it is deeper and smaller than other quakes that have resulted in big trans-Pacific tsunamis.
Looks like there has been a big quake offshore from Russia, near the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone. Still waiting for good location/mag to show up from @USGS. Don't know if it is big enough or on the right type of fault to create much of a tsunami.https://t.co/mpDYU7ugZf
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) March 25, 2020
This Russian quake is not the type that usually produces a tsunami. It is deeper and smaller than the quakes that have made big trans-Pacific tsunamis. https://t.co/ood1MzptTP
— Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) March 25, 2020
However, seismic waves from the earthquake did lead to a false recording of an earthquake near Kitimat, B.C.
.@CANADAquakes has determined that this was a false detection and no earthquake has occurred near Kitimat this evening. The false detection was caused by seismic waves from the M7.5 Kuril Island earthquake. https://t.co/jwz4mpnkxa
— Emergency Info BC (@EmergencyInfoBC) March 25, 2020
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