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No tsunami from Alaska quake
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 06:44 a.m. HST, Oct 04, 2012
LAST UPDATED: 06:48 a.m. HST, Oct 04, 2012
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude-4.2 near Haines, Alaska poses no tsunami threat to Hawaii.
Centered 50 miles southwest of Haines, Alaska, the earthquake struck at 6:29 a.m. today at a depth of two miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
No injuries were reported.
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loquaciousone wrote:
4.2 is not an earthquake. It was me getting out of bed at 5:29 am this morning.
on October 4,2012 | 07:28AM
jaluasa wrote:
PTWC only sends out emails of earthquakes 6.5 magnitude and above.
on October 4,2012 | 12:26PM
dlum003 wrote:
Here comes Cascadia ...
on October 4,2012 | 12:48PM
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