00:00Keeping you updated on the powerful earthquake that occurred last evening about 725 Eastern Time off the Kamchaka Peninsula here in Eastern Russia.
00:11An 8.8 Earth magnitude earthquake occurred during that time and this is likely going to be within the top 10 of the strongest ever recorded.
00:22Now, remember the number 7. Anytime you get a magnitude earthquake of 7 over the ocean floor, it is likely you're going to get a tsunami.
00:31Now, we have had some damage. It hasn't been the worst case scenario across Hawaii where we've seen wave heights about 3 to 6 feet earlier along the North Shores, other string of pearls.
00:42We're only expecting about a foot or two, though, along the West Coast, but we still do have tsunami advisories in effect.
00:49This had a focal depth of 12 feet below the ocean surface. That is very shallow.
00:56So the closer the epicenter is of the earthquake to the ocean floor, the more it's lifted northward and the stronger the tsunami.
01:06Now, these tsunamis move very quickly in all directions.
01:10They can easily move at 500 miles per hour as they move in all directions.
01:15Now, as it approaches the coast, by the way, you're going to see the opposite, a drawback of the water right back toward the ocean.
01:23And then the tsunami approaches here.
01:26And, of course, the shape of the coastline and how shallow it is will decide the depth of the tsunami.
01:33And ones with a strong magnitude can do a lot of damage as multiple waves crash on shore and spread inland.
