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BumRushDaShow

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3. I think it's just a standard "media check" and report

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 14, 2019, 08:09 AM

Apr 2019

since USGS works with PTWC to coordinate responses and they monitor both agencies. I notice the media will do this for any earthquake that happens in U.S. territory when a more "significant" quake happens near or along a coast (e.g., AK or West Coast).

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No tsunami threat following 5.2 magnitude earthquake on Big Island [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 OP

Not sure why tsunami are even part of the headline FBaggins Apr 2019 #1

Yeah, I was going to ask if such a small quake could create a tsunami Clash City Rocker Apr 2019 #2

Doesn't matter the intensity BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #4

It would have to be almost 100 times larger FBaggins Apr 2019 #5

I think it's just a standard "media check" and report BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #3

Scary, an earthquake could trigger a massive landslide and mega tsunami Baclava Apr 2019 #6