TSUNAMI WATCH

[Kelly7873]

TSUNAMI WATCH
A tsunami watch is in effect for Hawaii, ETA for Honolulu is 0736.
There was a 8.1 earthquake off the Kuril Islands, Japan.
I don't think an earthquake from the Kuril Islands has ever sent a tsunami to Hawaii.
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg
" IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE
EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE
THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT."

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