Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
118 PM SST TUE JUL 29 2025

...POSSIBLE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE - UPDATE...

IN THIS MESSAGE ARE REVISED EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS.

AUDIENCE
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EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC

EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.7 OCCURRED
OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA AT 1225 PM SST ON
TUESDAY JULY 29 2025.

* THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE IS
STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
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* STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
THAT A TSUNAMI WATCH... ADVISORY... OR WARNING COULD BE
ISSUED LATER FOR AMERICAN SAMOA.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* POTENTIAL TSUNAMI IMPACTS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED.

* IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO AMERICAN SAMOA... THE
EARLIEST IMPACTS WOULD BE AROUND 939 PM SST ON TUESDAY JULY
29 2025.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED
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* MAGNITUDE 8.7
* ORIGIN TIME 1225 PM SST JUL 29 2025
* COORDINATES 52.2 NORTH 160.0 EAST
* DEPTH 46 MILES
* LOCATION OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA RUSSIA

NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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* THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF
THE SITUATION WARRANTS.

* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE
INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.

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