Officials cancelled a tsunami advisory in Washington state at around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a Facebook post from the Washington Emergency Management Division.
An magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia prompted the National Weather Service to issue the advisory Tuesday, The News Tribune reported.
Waves were observed to be over a foot on the coast during the alert, according to the post.
“If you woke up today and saw our coast has a tsunami advisory still, it’s because there was still waves greater than one foot at Neah Bay and Port Angeles,” the post said. “The cancelation was issued at about 10:30 this morning. We are not seeing any reports of damage on our coast.”
State ocean beaches were closed due to the advisory, but have since reopened, according to a Facebook post from the Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission.
There isn’t reported damage on the Washington coast, but people are asked to be careful near bodies of water due to “strong and unusual currents,” the post said.
“This event is a reminder that we are in a tsunami hazard zone,” according to the Washington Emergency Management Division’s post. “We got lucky as the waves arrived at low tide and spread out over a longer distance so impact was minimal.”
The Facebook post advises people to keep their gas consistently at half a tank at least, and carry an emergency bag with important items because tsunamis can be unpredictable.
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