“There’s going to be another great earthquake in the Pacific that’s going to generate hazardous tsunami waves that will reach Hawaii,” Weinstein explained. “And it’s not a matter of ...
Tsunami advisories were earlier issued for Japan, Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Pacific coast. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the eruption caused the equivalent of a magnitude 5.8 earthquake.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking ... of serious damage. No tsunami was expected.