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No Tsunami Threat For West Coast Following Magnitude 7.4 Russian Quake
The quake comes less than two months after an even larger quake struck in the same region, triggering a tsunami that reached California.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia Friday evening, but it does not pose a threat to the West Coast as of 8 p.m., according to theNational Weather Service U.S. Tsunami Warning System.
The quake struck at 7:37 p.m. Friday off the coast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Russia, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Shortly after the U.S. Tsunami Warning System, announce, "There is no tsunami danger for the U.S. West Coast, British Columbia, or Alaska. Based on earthquake information and historic tsunami records, the earthquake is not expected to generate a tsunami.
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The quake follows a much larger magnitude 8.7 earthquake in the same region July 29, that triggered a small tsunami that reached the coast of California hours later.
After that quake, the National Weather Service's Eureka office reported tsunami waves with a maximum height of 3.6 feet in Crescent City — enough to create minor coastal flooding and inundation.
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