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No tsunami threat after magnitude 7.8 quake hits off east Russia coast

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred off the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east Russian coast. The earthquake occurred at 8:58 a.m. Hawaii time. It is close to an earthquake that triggered a tsunami warning for the islands on July 29.

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Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits Russia; tsunami advisory issued, then canceled

Anchorage Daily News · 14h

Tsunami advisory canceled for Western Aleutians after magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

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Strong quake hits Russia's Kamchatka, no damage reported

A strong earthquake struck Russia's far eastern Kamchatka region, the regional governor said early on Friday, prompting a local tsunami warning, but there were for the moment no reports of damage.

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Powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake shakes Russia's far east Kamchatka region

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Tsunami warnings triggered after 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Russia’s coast

Yahoo

What are the biggest tsunamis ever? How July 29 earthquake, tsunami compares.

The deadliest recorded tsunami in history claimed hundreds of thousands of lives after a magnitude 9.1 earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean in 2004. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has documented nearly 3,000 tsunamis since 1610 BC ...

Chicago Tribune

Tsunami warnings fading after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. Here’s what to know

HONOLULU — One of this century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast and as far south as New Zealand.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Hawaii tsunami maps: What red and yellow evacuation zones mean

Residents who live in red areas of the map, mostly along coastlines and harbors, are in the tsunami evacuation zone and are required to evacuate during a warning such as the one issued in July. Those in the yellow, or extreme tsunami evacuation zone, however, are not.