Overview

• Local officials report no fatalities and only minor injuries after four-meter tsunami waves inundated Severo-Kurilsk and damaged port facilities.
• Russia deactivated its regional tsunami alert once wave heights stabilized following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake.
• Seismologists recorded multiple aftershocks, including a magnitude 6.2 tremor 12 hours later, as the Kliuchevskói volcano entered eruptive activity.
• Forecasts ranged from under 20 centimeters on Mexico’s Pacific shore to up to three meters along sections of Japan’s coastline.
• Pacific Rim nations from Alaska to Chile activated evacuations and maritime advisories and have started scaling back alerts as the wave threat diminishes.