Pacific tsunami: modern early warning systems prevent the catastrophic death tolls of the past

By Ian Main, Professor of Seismology and Rock Physics, University of Edinburgh

The earthquake in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on July 30 2025 may have been one of the most severe on record, with a magnitude of 8.8. But innovations in science and technology gave governments vital time to warn and evacuate their people from the resulting tsunami.

Millions of people escaped to higher ground before the tsunami hit.

The 2004 Boxing Day 9.3 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Sumatra, which caused approximately…

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