The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/03/world/kamchatka-quake-causes-volcano/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #kamchatka #volcano #earthquake
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

After a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, tsunami centers along the Pacific coastline warned of the potential for colossal waves, but they never transpired. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/31/earth-science/powerful-earthquake-weak-tsunami/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #earthscience #tsunami #oceans #earthquakes #kamchatka
kategenevieve
@kategenevieve@assemblag.es  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

AI-generated disinformation after the 8.8 #Kamchatka #earthquake is off the charts. Beyond the problem of Grok churning out false reports, #AIFakeAlerts & #AIDisasterFakes are flooding timelines.

Clearly, panic media is wholly destructive to public messaging. The one screenshotted shows an AI-gen girl abandoning her car in traffic. For a whole community who lived through the Maui fires, this touches real trauma.

⚠️ Please start tracking & taking screenshots of #DisasterDisinfo where you see it.

Screenshot of a TikTok video. Labelled with words “AI FAKE” written over the image in yellow. The original image from a TikTok account called SnowBunnyMagic shows an AI-generated video of a young, blonde woman in a white hoodie, seems to be in a state of panic near a beach in Hawai’i. The text in the image reads: “Massive 8.8 earthquake in Russia set off the tsunamis in U.S. 10ft waves! 2nd Largest quake on the planet.” With a caption: “My Snow Bunny friend just sent my this from Hawaii.”
Screenshot of a TikTok video. Labelled with words “AI FAKE” written over the image in yellow. The original image from a TikTok account called SnowBunnyMagic shows an AI-generated video of a young, blonde woman in a white hoodie, seems to be in a state of panic near a beach in Hawai’i. The text in the image reads: “Massive 8.8 earthquake in Russia set off the tsunamis in U.S. 10ft waves! 2nd Largest quake on the planet.” With a caption: “My Snow Bunny friend just sent my this from Hawaii.”
Screenshot of a TikTok video. Labelled with words “AI FAKE” written over the image in yellow. The original image from a TikTok account called SnowBunnyMagic shows an AI-generated video of a young, blonde woman in a white hoodie, seems to be in a state of panic near a beach in Hawai’i. The text in the image reads: “Massive 8.8 earthquake in Russia set off the tsunamis in U.S. 10ft waves! 2nd Largest quake on the planet.” With a caption: “My Snow Bunny friend just sent my this from Hawaii.”
kategenevieve
@kategenevieve@assemblag.es  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

AI-generated disinformation after the 8.8 #Kamchatka #earthquake is off the charts. Beyond the problem of Grok churning out false reports, #AIFakeAlerts & #AIDisasterFakes are flooding timelines.

Clearly, panic media is wholly destructive to public messaging. The one screenshotted shows an AI-gen girl abandoning her car in traffic. For a whole community who lived through the Maui fires, this touches real trauma.

⚠️ Please start tracking & taking screenshots of #DisasterDisinfo where you see it.

Screenshot of a TikTok video. Labelled with words “AI FAKE” written over the image in yellow. The original image from a TikTok account called SnowBunnyMagic shows an AI-generated video of a young, blonde woman in a white hoodie, seems to be in a state of panic near a beach in Hawai’i. The text in the image reads: “Massive 8.8 earthquake in Russia set off the tsunamis in U.S. 10ft waves! 2nd Largest quake on the planet.” With a caption: “My Snow Bunny friend just sent my this from Hawaii.”
Screenshot of a TikTok video. Labelled with words “AI FAKE” written over the image in yellow. The original image from a TikTok account called SnowBunnyMagic shows an AI-generated video of a young, blonde woman in a white hoodie, seems to be in a state of panic near a beach in Hawai’i. The text in the image reads: “Massive 8.8 earthquake in Russia set off the tsunamis in U.S. 10ft waves! 2nd Largest quake on the planet.” With a caption: “My Snow Bunny friend just sent my this from Hawaii.”
Screenshot of a TikTok video. Labelled with words “AI FAKE” written over the image in yellow. The original image from a TikTok account called SnowBunnyMagic shows an AI-generated video of a young, blonde woman in a white hoodie, seems to be in a state of panic near a beach in Hawai’i. The text in the image reads: “Massive 8.8 earthquake in Russia set off the tsunamis in U.S. 10ft waves! 2nd Largest quake on the planet.” With a caption: “My Snow Bunny friend just sent my this from Hawaii.”
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

On Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey issued a tsunami alert, forecasting "hazardous waves" after a 7.4-magnitude quake at 0849 GMT, which was the strongest of a series of earthquakes in the northern Pacific Ocean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/20/world/russia-tsunami-alert-lifted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #kamchatka #russia #tsunami #earthquake