The British Columbia (BC) provincial government lifted the tsunami warning at 6:34 a.m. on July 30. The British Columbia provincial government issued a tsunami warning for the entire British Columbia coast at around 7:30 p.m. on the 29th in preparation for a tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake (initially announced by British Columbia as 8.7) that occurred off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at around 4:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on the 29th.
The Canadian Press reports that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the tsunami reaching British Columbia was 27 centimeters at the northern tip of Haida Gwaii and 21 centimeters in Tofino.
At a press conference on the 30th, British Columbia Premier David Eby said that the response to the tsunami that began last night had proven that British Columbia was prepared to issue warnings and other measures.
The British Columbia government provides information on earthquake and tsunami preparedness at Emergency Info BC: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/
