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US warning center lifts tsunami alert after 7.7 magnitude quake in South Pacific

Jake Kwon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN — Sat, 20 May 2023 01:54:44 +0000

(CNN) — The United States Tsunami Warning Center lifted an alert over the South Pacific on Friday, around three hours after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the region. “Based on all available data, the tsunami threat from this earthquake has now passed,” the center said in a report. Earlier, people living in the region had been

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7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes South Pacific, triggers tsunami warning for Vanuatu, Fiji and Kiribati

Jake Kwon and Kathleen Magramo, CNN — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:13:58 +0000

Hong Kong (CNN) — A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the South Pacific on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, triggering a tsunami warning for nearby nations including Vanuatu, Fiji and Kiribati. The US National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami alert for coasts located within 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of the epicenter which lay

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