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No tsunami from 6.6 quake in South Pacific
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 07:42 p.m. HST, Jan 08, 2012
LAST UPDATED: 04:54 a.m. HST, Jan 09, 2012
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Santa Cruz Islands does not pose a tsunami threat for Hawaii, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
The quake occurred at 5:07 p.m. Hawaii time Sunday in an area of the Pacific roughly 220 miles east of Kira Kira in the Solomon Islands.
No major damage or injuries were reported.
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