The tsunami impacts in Russia include coastal areas of Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Island and Primorye
Climate change could trigger giant, deadly tsunamis from Antarctica, a new study warns. Sediment shifting beneath the Antarctic seabed could trigger giant tsunamis due to rising ocean temperatures. Fourteen cities and dozens of towns in Russia are vulnerable to tsunamis across three regions of the Far East, with powerful waves capable of hitting their coasts at speeds of up to 1,000 kilometres per hour.
The day before the earthquake in Primorsky Krai, the water receded from the shore by several tens of meters
Residents of Primorye noticed the strongest low tide in recent times on October 20, which is especially visible in closed bays and gulfs. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 was recorded near Nakhodka, the earthquake occurred on October 21. Heavy and prolonged precipitation can intensify earthquakes.
A fire tornado was recorded in the Primorsky Territory and they are fighting large-scale forest fires
A rare natural phenomenon – a firespout (tornado) – was first recorded in the Primorsky Territory of Russia, where natural fires are raging, RIA Novosti reports. The area of natural fires in the south of Primorye increased from 3.8 thousand hectares to 4.9 thousand hectares in one day.
Anomalous red snow fell in the Primorsky Territory
Specialists of the Scientific Center for Marine Biology named after. A.V. Zhirmunsky Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences analyzed samples and found that tens of thousands of crustaceans – representatives of zooplankton of the genera Neocalanus, Pseudocalanus, Metridia and Microcalanus – were frozen into the ice. It turned out that due to the presence of carotenoid pigments in the bodies of the crustaceans, the water turned red. The phenomenon was recorded during monitoring in the area of the Vostok Marine Biological Station in the bay of the same name. The discovered species of copepods form the basis of the zooplankton population in the bay in winter and are typical inhabitants of its open deep-sea areas, said specialists from the National Scientific Center for Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Cases of attacks by tigers and bears on livestock and people in the Primorsky Territory have become more frequent
Tiger attacks on livestock have become more frequent in the Primorsky Territory. Specialists from the Amur Tiger Center are confident that the problem is not related to a lack of food, but to the negligence and carelessness of local residents. In their opinion, people themselves create favorable conditions for attacks by predators. But in any case, the center provides compensation to the owners of animals that died from the paws of a tiger.
The beginning of 2024 was marked by an earthquake in Japan and the threat of a tsunami in the Primorsky Territory
Earthquake on the Noto Peninsula: Seismologists in Japan recorded more earthquakes in the first two days after the onset of 2024 than in the past three years. This is evidenced by statistics from the country’s national meteorological department. On the coast of Primorsky Krai, after a tsunami warning due to an earthquake in Japan, the maximum wave height reached 30 cm.