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Japan, tsunami

Earthquake prompts tsunami warnings in Japan. Will the US see impacts?

A powerful earthquake that jolted northern Japan on Dec. 8 and triggered tsunami warnings is not expected to impact the United States, officials said.

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Japan’s magnitude 7.6 earthquake not expected to trigger West Coast tsunami. Here’s why

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Magnitude-7.6 quake strikes off Japan, triggering alert for tsunami of up to 10 feet

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Japan issues tsunami advisory after 6.7 magnitude quake in country's northeast

The quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Honshu, the main Japanese island, at a depth of 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) at 11:44 a.m. local time, JMA said.

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Japan lifts tsunami advisory after 6.7-magnitude earthquake

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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan

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Oregon, Washington real-time tsunami alerts threatened due to federal funding cuts, lawmaker warns

A $300,000 grant cut to the Alaska Earthquake Center could force nine stations offline and delay warnings for Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii, the senator warns.

Oregonian

How Oregon tsunami warnings will continue despite fed cuts

Tsunami warnings for Oregonians will remain unaffected, for now, after an Alaska earthquake center decided to backfill federal cuts to an alert system that helps Pacific coast states, including Oregon, receive swift and accurate alerts. Earlier this month ...

OPB

Oregon lawmakers push for change to tsunami, earthquake preparedness

During a Monday hearing of the House Interim Committee On Emergency Management and Veterans, Reps. David Gomberg and Paul Evans said Oregon’s lack of preparedness showed during July’s tsunami advisory. The two Democrats are calling for changes to the ...

KUOW

Nine Alaska seismic stations to go dark in January, slowing West Coast tsunami alerts

No one died in Washington, though four members of the McKinzie family from Tacoma drowned while camping on a beach in Newport, Oregon. A woman in Gearhart, Oregon, died of a heart attack after a wave hit her home, and 11 people died in Crescent City, California. The quake and tsunami killed 115 people in Alaska.