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Late Monday night, a massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, shaking up the Pacific Rim and triggering tsunami alerts from Alaska to California—including watches and warnings for the Oregon Coast.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the powerful quake hit at 7:24 p.m. ET (4:24 p.m. PT), centered roughly 78 miles southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, at a depth of just 12 miles. The quake generated multiple strong aftershocks, some as high as magnitude 6.9.
While Hawaii and Alaska’s Aleutian Islands were placed under tsunami warnings, the West Coast of the U.S.—including Oregon—was placed under a tsunami watch, meaning coastal areas from Brookings to Astoria
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