Tsunami warnings issued Tuesday after one of the century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off Russia’s Pacific coast faded as only small waves reached Southern California on Wednesday morning.
“The first tsunami waves have reached La Jolla shores as of 1:45 AM, registering around 0.36 feet,” the National Weather Service office in San Diego posted on X.
“For areas upstream, the first waves haven’t been the biggest with arrival of additional waves for 6 or more hours after the initial wave,” according to the post.
The weather service had forecast local waves of 1 to 2 feet in height coinciding with a high tide.
A tsunami advisory for Southern California was issued at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday but canceled on Wednesday morning.
The tsunami effect was greater in Northern California, with waves 2- to 5-feet-high reaching San Francisco early Wednesday.
In Hawaii, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported waves of 5.7 feet in Kahului, 4.9 feet in Hilo, 4 feet Haleiwa, 3 feet in Hanalei and 1.1 feet in Honolulu.
The quake registered a magnitude of 8.8 and was centered off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Associated Press and City News Service contributed to this article.
