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How a massive quake off Russia sent tsunami waves across the Pacific
NBC Newsยท2025-07-31 03:30

[Music] A massive earthquake off the coast of Russia triggers a huge tsunami in the Pacific Ocean. Enormous waves impacting Russia's Curial Islands, parts of Japan, even prompting evacuations as far away as Chile and Peru. Tsunami alerts across the Pacific, Hawaii, the California coast, even New Zealand.But how can an earthquake, even a huge one, in one corner of the world's largest ocean, impact places 7,000 miles away. It's a bit like throwing a very, very large rock into the sea and then watching the wav ...