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No tsunami threat to Hawaii following New Zealand earthquake

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center confirmed that there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii following a magnitude-6.8 earthquake about 122 miles northwest of Auckland Island in New Zealand.

The report issued by the center shortly after the quake at 9 p.m. tonight stated that “a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii.”

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