Tsunami threat ends
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Hawai’i was briefly under the threat of a possible tsunami — based on available data being investigated by forecasters in Honolulu at the time — on July 19, with a tsunami watch issued just after 9 p.m. following a large earthquake that struck off the eastern coast of Russia in the northern Pacific Ocean.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says there is no longer a danger of tsunami waves on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after five powerful quakes — the largest with a magnitude of 7.4 — struck in the sea nearby on Sunday.
Magnitude 7.3 quake triggered tsunami warning in Alaska. There are hardly any earthquakes on the East Coast. Does that mean we can't get tsunamis?