Tsunami advisory cancelled for B.C. coast after massive earthquake near Russia

National Post

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A tsunami advisory was cancelled early Wednesday morning for B.C.'s coast after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday afternoon.
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The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center says B.C.'s north coast and Haida Gwaii, the central coast and northeast Vancouver Island, the outer west coast of Vancouver Island and the Juan de Fuca Strait were all subject to the advisory on Tuesday.
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Those areas had earlier been covered by a tsunami watch, but that was later upgraded to an advisory, meaning strong currents were likely.
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However a social post from Emergency Info B.C. posted shortly after 6:30 a.m. said the tsunami advisory for all zones in B.C. 'has been cancelled.'
However, at 1:20 a.m. Pacific daylight time, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated its tsunami bulletin to include regional observations. For British Columbia, that included an 'observed maximum tsunami height' of six centimetres at Langara Island, 27 centimetres at Winter Harbour, 21 centimetres at Tofino and nine centimetres at Bamfield.
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Signs alerting people about the tsunami advisory were posted at Wickaninish Beach in Pacific Rim National Park, southeast of Tofino, but people continued to take in Tuesday's sunset, although the parking lot was mostly empty.
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Campers at the JX Surf Shop campground between Tofino and Ucluelet on Vancouver Island were glued to their phones overnight searching for the news about the tsunami. However, most appeared to be staying put for the night.
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People in all the affected areas are asked to stay out of the water and to not go near the water to watch currents or waves.