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7.6 magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines, triggering tsunami warnings

Patients at Manuel J. Santos Hospital in Butuan City, southern Philippines, are evacuated after an earthquake, Saturday evening, Dec. 2, 2023. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. Ivy Marie Mangadlao/AP hide caption

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Asia

7.6 magnitude quake strikes off southern Philippines, triggering tsunami warnings

December 2, 2023 • The powerful quake prompted many villagers to flee their homes in panic. Japanese authorities issued evacuation orders in parts of Okinawa. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

A massive volcano erupts near Tonga, causing tsunami waves as far as the West Coast

This image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga. Japan Meteorology Agency via AP hide caption

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Japan Meteorology Agency via AP

World

A massive volcano erupts near Tonga, causing tsunami waves as far as the West Coast

January 15, 2022 • An undersea volcano erupted near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore there and around the Pacific, including a surges along the U.S. West Coast.

False Tsunami Warning In Hawaii Triggered By Police Exercise

A Hawaii Civil Defense Warning Device is designed to sound an alert siren during natural disasters. Wednesday evening, police activity caused a false tsunami alarm. Caleb Jones/AP hide caption

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National

False Tsunami Warning In Hawaii Triggered By Police Exercise

September 19, 2019 • The alert, which was "inadvertently triggered" during Honolulu Police Department training, angered residents who recalled a similar false alarm last year warning of an imminent missile attack.

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Shakes Alaska, Damaging Roads, Buildings

After an earthquake on Friday, a car is trapped in a crumbled section of an off-ramp from Minnesota Drive, a major road in Anchorage, Alaska. Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media hide caption

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National

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Shakes Alaska, Damaging Roads, Buildings

November 30, 2018 • The earthquake, with its epicenter just a few miles off Anchorage, has been followed by a series of aftershocks. The Trans Alaska Pipeline System has been shut down.

False Tsunami Warning Issued Across The East Coast And Caribbean

A view of cellular communication towers on March 6, 2014. A private sector company released a routine test message from the National Weather Service as an official tsunami warning, resulting in widespread reports of tsunami warnings. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

False Tsunami Warning Issued Across The East Coast And Caribbean

February 6, 2018 • The National Weather Service says a private company erroneously released a routine test message as an official warning. But AccuWeather blames the NWS for miscoding the message.