No Pacific-wide tsunami alert after Japan quake-US agency | Inquirer News

No Pacific-wide tsunami alert after Japan quake-US agency

/ 04:37 PM December 07, 2012

HONG KONG– A powerful 7.3 earthquake that struck off Japan’s northeastern coast Friday did not generate a Pacific-wide tsunami, a US early warning agency said.

There was no threat of a tsunami in the wider Pacific Ocean, according to the US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, but it warned an earthquake of that magnitude could generate a tsunami that can be destructive for local coastlines.

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