UPDATE (Wednesday, 5:30 a.m.): The National Weather Service Wednesday morning lifted the tsunami advisory for the coastal areas of San Diego and Orange counties.
With the advisory no longer in effect, the NWS stated, "... some areas may continue to experience small sea level changes. As local conditions can cause a wide variation in tsunami wave action, the all clear determinations must be made by local authorities."
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A tsunami watch was upgraded to an advisory for coastal regions in California following a massive earthquake off the coast of Russia Tuesday evening.
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake happened around 4:30 PM PST near Petropavlovsk Kamchatka. The quake prompted the National Weather Service to initially issue a tsunami watch for California's coastal areas.
The tsunami advisory will remain in effect until 4:50 a.m. PST Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
A tsunami advisory means that a tsunami capable of producing strong, dangerous currents or waves is expected.
A watch was initially issued for Hawaii before being extended along California coastal regions.
The NWS has since updated the watch to a warning for Hawaii.
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This isn't the first time in recent history San Diego has seen a tsunami advisory. In 2022, an advisory was issued following the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific nation of Tonga.
