There was no tsunami, but a small wave was detected by a tide gauge on Cocos Island near Australia, about 1,500 miles south of the epicenter, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on Oahu.

Washingtonians breathed a sigh of relief when an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia on Tuesday brought only small waves to the coast without triggering destructive tsunamis.

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However, on January 1, 1995, a sensor on a platform in the central North Sea recorded a giant 60ft high wave crest, so "freak" waves are not just mariners' tall tales.

“Rogue waves can reach a wave height of 30 m (about 90 feet), and they can cause great damage on a ship to the point that it sinks,” he adds.