A satellite just captured images of a tsunami being born. Here's why that's a big deal
Stefanie Waldek
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Late on July 29, 2025, the Earth's crust off of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula ruptured. Deep beneath the Pacific, along a subduction zone where one tectonic plate dives beneath another, a strain that had built up over decades was released in seconds. That rupture, a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake, displaced the...