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No Tsunami Threat to Hawai‘i From 6.5-M Mariana Islands Quake

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6:30 AM, Friday, June 28: Civil Defense Tsunami Information 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) reports an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 has occurred at approximately 5:52 AM HST in the vicinity of Mariana Islands.

PTWC confirms there is NO TSUNAMI THREAT to the Island and State of Hawai‘i.

You will be informed should conditions change.

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559 AM HST FRI JUN 28 2019: NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME – 0552 AM HST 28 JUN 2019
COORDINATES – 19.9 NORTH 144.9 EAST
LOCATION – MARIANA ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE – 6.5 MOMENT

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EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAI‘I.

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