Post explores why tsunami threats are low in Hong Kong and offers tips on how you can keep yourself safe
A tsunami triggered by a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Wednesday prompted warnings and evacuations in Japan, Hawaii and the US West Coast.
The Hong Kong Observatory also told the public on the same day that the tsunami would reach the city in the late afternoon. A “sea-level anomaly of around seven centimetres” was recorded by the forecaster later in the day.
The Post explores why the impact of the tsunami is limited in Hong Kong and provides tips on how you can keep yourself safe from such extreme weather occurrences.
The tsunami heights of the first couple of waves reaching Hong Kong on Wednesday were “too low to be observed” until the Shek Pik tide station recorded a sea-level anomaly of around 7cm (2.8 inches) at around 6.40pm, possibly due to “the arrival of subsequent tsunami waves”, according to the Observatory.
