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Downers Grove native Kendall Gretsch earned a silver medal in women’s PTWC para triathlon Monday at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. The medal is the seventh Paralympic medal won by Gretsch, 32, who ...
But PTWC officials said the system was online when Hawaii was under a tsunami watch following a large earthquake off New Zealand on March 4.
A powerful earthquake was reported in the Pacific Ocean early Monday morning local time, with officials issuing tsunami alerts for areas closest to the epicenter. According to the U.S. Geological ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A large earthquake struck Mexico on Monday, which generated the possibility of a tsunami for some Pacific areas close to the epicenter. The quake, which struck the coast of… ...
Hirshorn recounted the difficulties faced by the PTWC in 2004. At the time, the center primarily monitored the Pacific Ocean and lacked adequate tools to assess tsunamis in other regions.
The massive 15 January 2022 explosion of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) volcano in Tonga – which generated a tsunami causing widespread damage locally, regionally and throughout the Pacific – ...
But what's interesting, at least according to the PTWC, is all the other earthquakes that weren't part of these two major clusters. There were isolated larger-than-normal quakes all over ...
It’s 3 a.m. and you’re halfway through a 12-6 a.m. graveyard shift at the NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Fortunately, you slept before your shift began so you ...
PTWC competitors use a wheelchair in daily life and must use a handcycle on the bike course and a racing wheelchair on the run section. PTS2, PTS3, PTS4 and PTS5 athletes have physical impairments ...
The PTWC confirmed that a small 0.4-foot tsunami wave was observed at Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica at 11:01 a.m. EDT. (MORE: 'Omega Block' Ahead For The US) ...