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No Tsunami Threat to Hawai‘i After 6.6 Alaska Quake
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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports a 6.6 earthquake occurred in the Aleutian Islands at 7 a.m. Hawai‘i time this morning.
An earthquake has occurred with these preliminary parameters:
Origin time: 7:01 a.m. HST, May, 8, 2017
Coordinates: 51.4 north
178.6 west
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Location -Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Magnitude
6.6 moment
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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This will be the only statement issued for this event unless additional data are received.
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