By Wendy Osher

July 29, 2025, 1:45 PM HST

* Updated July 29, 2:00 PM

Update: 1:33 p.m., July 29, 2025

A tsunami watch has been issued for Hawaiʻi. An investigation is underway to determine if there is a tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi following a 8.0 earthquake reported at 1:25 p.m. HST on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 off the east coast of Kamchatka Russia.

If tsunami waves impact Hawaiʻi, the estimated earliest arrival of the first tsunami wave is 7:17 p.m. HST on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. Further messages will be issued hourly or sooner as conditions warrant until the threat to Hawaiʻi has passed.

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports that based on all available data, a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far form the epicenter.

Again, an investigation is underway to determine if there is a tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi. The tsunami watch was posted for Hawaiʻi at 1:34 p.m.

*We will continue to update this post with information as it becomes available