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No tsunami threat to isles from second big Kuril Islands quake
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 04:49 a.m. HST, Mar 01, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 09:48 a.m. HST, Mar 01, 2013
The second strong earthquake in the Kuril Islands in less than 24 hours poses no tsunami threat to Hawaii, according to officials at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
The preliminary magnitude-6.5 temblor, which struck at 2:53 a.m. Hawaii time, had an epicenter 57 miles southeast of Ozernovskiy, Russia at a depth of 25 miles, officals at the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
There were no injuries immediately reported.
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allie wrote:
yikes!
on March 1,2013 | 07:28AM
PokeStop wrote:
Tell tale signs.....get ready for EOTW! Repent and go to church!
on March 1,2013 | 07:31AM
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