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Tsunami Alert Ordered For Hawaiian Islands After Quake

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Justin Cote

Tsunami Alert Ordered For Hawaiian Islands After Quake Near American Samoa

According to a report on the LA Times, a tsunami alert has been put into place for the Hawaiian Islands, and other Pacific Ocean islands including New Zealand, and New Guinea after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck near American Samoa today. Apparently the West Coast of America isn’t in any danger of a tsunami…

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