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Tsunami Waves Dislodge Pier at Kamchatka Submarine Base After 8.8 Quake

Seismic monitoring is guided by a technical review of structural damage at Rybachiy submarine base

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Overview

  • Umbra Space satellite imagery shows tsunami waves of up to five meters shifted a section of the pier at the Rybachiy submarine base in Kamchatka.
  • No submarines were moored at the damaged berth and analysts say the structural harm alone poses minimal operational risk.
  • Pacific tsunami alerts have been downgraded after wave heights remained moderate and Russian authorities reported zero casualties.
  • Seismologists have logged about fifty aftershocks between magnitude 5 and 7 since the main tremor, maintaining heightened monitoring.
  • Volcanologists continue to observe the eruption of Klyuchevskaya Sopka triggered by the earthquake to assess potential further activity.