Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday the threat of a significant tsunami hitting the United States after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s Pacific Coast has passed.
The Russian earthquake struck off the coast of the country’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday evening ET while triggering dozens of aftershocks and sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii, and the U.S. West Coast.
Some advisories and warnings are still in effect: Much of the coastline of Chile is under the highest level of alert. Authorities are downgrading their warnings in Hawaii, Japan, and parts of Russia. Much of the West Coast, spanning California, Oregon, Washington state, and the Canadian province of British Columbia, is still under an advisory….