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CJ Cregg
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 Wed May 03, 2006 11:42 am Magnitude 8.0 Quake triggers tsunami warning |
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| Quote: | BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC
Updated: 12:31 p.m. ET May 3, 2006
A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand and Fiji Wednesday after an 8.0 earthquake struck near the island nation of Tonga.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the warning, adding that it was not sure a tsunami had been generated by the large quake.
"This warning is based only on the earthquake evaluation," it said in a statement. "An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes and more distant coastlines within hours."
The advisory said that if a tsunami was generated it could strike Fiji within two hours and New Zealand within three.
The quake was centered about 90 miles south of Tonga and 1,340 miles northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. |
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