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The July 29, 2025 M8.8 Kamchatka Earthquake, Tsunami, & the Tsunami Warning System
Description
Brown Bag Lunch Online Presentation with Lori Dengler, Professor Emeritus, Geology Department, Cal Poly Humboldt:
On July 29, a great earthquake ruptured off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula producing the first Pacific-wide tsunami in 14 years and triggering tsunami alerts in much of the northern Pacific. This talk is an overview of what happened, how the tsunami warning system operated, why Crescent City, California was the only area outside of Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands to suffer significant damage, and areas to work on before the next tsunami comes our way.
Lori Dengler is an emeritus professor of geology at Cal Poly Humboldt and an expert in tsunami and earthquake hazards. Recognized as Cal Poly Humboldt’s Scholar of the Year in 2008 and the recipient of a number of honors, most recently by the Humboldt League of Women’s Voters 2024 Civic Contributor. Since retiring in 2015, she continues to work on North Coast earthquake and tsunami preparedness efforts through the Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group and nationally as a member of NOAA’s Tsunami Science Technical Advisory Panel. She writes the weekly “Not My Fault” column in the Times-Standard.
The presentation will begin promptly at noon.
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