Time travel and Russia's Kamchatka earthquake: Tsunami travels back in time and hit Hawaii a day earlier than the quake; here's the reason
The tsunami triggered by the Kamchatka earthquake hit the US state of Hawaii almost six hours later.
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Tsunami waves from Kamchatka earthquake reach US West Coast
The 8.8 magnitude earthquake, which triggered tsunami waves hitting America's Hawaii, struck Russia on Wednesday morning (July 30, 2025). About 3500 miles away, the tsunami hit the US state of Hawaii almost six hours later. But the interesting part—the earthquake occurred on July 30, but tsunami waves crashed into the Hawaiian coast on late Tuesday night, and the date was still July 29.The answer is that Hawaii and Russia's Kamchatka lie in two different zones across the International Date Line . It is the invisible boundary that divides the Pacific Ocean, demarcating one day from the next.When the tremors struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia's Far East, it was around 11:24 a.m. local time on Wednesday morning. By the time the first tsunami waves hit Hawaii, thousands of miles to the east, it was still Tuesday evening. That's because the waves travelled back in time, at least in a calendar sense. As the tsunami waves moved east, they crossed the International Date Line.The tsunami waves have struck nations across the Pacific after alerts were issued following the tremors. The Wednesday earthquake is sharing the spot for the sixth strongest ever recorded.Where the tsunami hit: US shores, including those in Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, have been hit by waves. The tsunami's first waves hit Russia and Japan, where nearly 2 million people have been evacuated.Meanwhile, the waves of the tsunami triggered by the earthquake have reached the US West Coast, arriving early Wednesday (July 30, 2025) along the Washington, Oregon, and California coastlines.According to CNN, the largest tsunami waves so far have been observed at Arena Cove, California: 1.6 feet; Crescent City, California: 1.5 feet; and Monterey, California: 1.4 feet. A tsunami threat was also issued for Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu on Wednesday.
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