Seal Beach Preps For Possible Tsunami

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 7-29-25, 8pm
LOCATION: SEAL BEACH PIER
AREA/CITY: SEAL BEACH
DETAILS:

LOS ANGELES – A powerful earthquake measuring a magnitude 8.7
off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula prompted a tsunami watch for the entirety of
California’s coast today, stretching to the Mexico border.
According to the National Tsunami Warning Center, a watch is issued as
advance notice to areas that could potentially be impacted by a tsunami
“at a later time.”
The center issued a list of potential start times for tsunami activity
— if it occurs at all — across the state, including roughly 1:05 a.m.
Wednesday for Los Angeles Harbor, 1:10 a.m. for Newport Beach and 1:15 a.m. for
Oceanside and La Jolla.
“Watch areas may be upgraded to a warning or advisory status, or
canceled, based on new information,” according to a statement from the center.
The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services stated that it is
“monitoring any potential impacts to the state” from the quake and tsunami
watch.
The quake struck at about 4:25 p.m. Aftershocks measuring magnitudes
of 6.9 and 6.3 were recorded over the ensuing hour after the original temblor,
according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
More serious tsunami warnings were issued for Hawaii and the Alaska
coast in response to the quake.

 

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