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U.S. Senate passes tsunami awareness resolution
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution introduced by Sens. Daniel K. Akaka and Daniel K. Inouye encouraging Americans to observe Tsunami Awareness Month this month and to be...
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President Obama signs Hawaii disaster declaration
MEDIA RELEASE President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew and Rob Nabors, Director of Legislative Affairs. (Office White House Photo...
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Tsunami 2011: Condolence books in Kona, Hilo
(Photo special to Hawaii 24/7) Books of condolence now are available for signing at the mayor’s offices in Hilo and Kona, allowing Big Island residents to share their messages with the people of...
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Hawaiian Airlines pilots raise funds for Japanese disaster relief
MEDIA RELEASE $14,500 Donated to American Red Cross for Earthquake and Tsunami Relief HONOLULU – Hawaiian Airlines members of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l. (ALPA) have donated $14,500 to...
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Four Seasons ready to welcome back guests
Staff at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai attend a blessing ceremony Friday afternoon. (Hawaii 24/7 photo by Karin Stanton) Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Four Seasons Resort Hualalai employees...
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No widespread tsunami threat from 6.7M earthquake in Japan
Magnitude 6.7 Date-Time Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 21:50:48 UTC Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 06:50:48 AM at epicenter Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 11:50:48 HST Location 39.980°N, 142.247°E Depth 32 km...
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NASA finds ‘merging tsunami’ doubled Japan destruction
MEDIA RELEASE NASA and Ohio State University researchers have discovered the major tsunami generated by the March 2011 Tohoku-Oki quake centered off northeastern Japan was a long-hypothesized “merging...
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Underwater topography directed the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami’s power
By NASA Earth Observatory Scientists have known for years that the shape of the seafloor plays a role in how tsunami waves build up as they approach the coastline. Underwater topography also...
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Kona ceremony commemorates 2011 tsunami
Art Taniguchi, Honorary Consul General for Japan, KVBID President Eric von Platen Luder and Barbara Kossow from the County of Hawaii. (Photo courtesy of KVBID) MEDIA RELEASE Many groups worked...
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April is Tsunami Awareness month in Hawaii
MEDIA RELEASE NOAA’s National Weather Service offices in Hawaii and the Hawaii State Civil Defense have partnered to raise public awareness to the dangers of tsunamis and commemorate the 159 lives...
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Severe 8.6M earthquake strikes off the coast of Sumatra, no tsunami threat to...
Magnitude 8.6 Date-Time Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 08:38:37 UTC Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 02:38:37 PM at epicenter Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 10:38:38 PM (HST) – Hawaii Standard (Honolulu)...
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GPS on commercial ships could improve tsunami warnings
While in transit from Hawaii to Guam, the research vessel Kilo Moana detected the February 2012 Chilean tsunami. (Photo courtesy of University of Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Science and...
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Very strong 7.3M quake off the coast of El Salvador, tsunami warning...
Magnitude 7.3 Date-Time Monday, August 27, 2012 at 04:37:20 UTC Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 10:37:20 PM at epicenter Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 06:37:20 PM (HST) – Hawaii Standard (Honolulu) Location...
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Very strong 7.6M quake hits the Philippines no tsunami threat to Hawaii
Magnitude 7.6 Date-Time Friday, August 31, 2012 at 12:47:34 UTC Friday, August 31, 2012 at 08:47:34 PM at epicenter Friday, August 31, 2012 at 02:47:34 AM (HST) – Hawaii Standard (Honolulu) Location...
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State, federal partners to monitor, respond to reports of possible tsunami...
MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Land and Natural Resources, the state’s lead agency for responding to reported possible Japan tsunami marine debris in Hawaii, is coordinating with NOAA and the U.S....
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Kawaihae residents stumble upon possible tsunami debris
Curren Krizek holds the 500 watt glass lightbulb he and his father found Sept. 26 near Kawaihae. (Photo courtesy of Kincaid Krizek) Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor Kawaihae resident Kincaid Krizek...
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Tsunami Advisory cancelled: Hawaii 24/7 updating continuously
UPDATED (10/28/2012 at 10:40 AM) This is a Civil Defense Message for Sunday October 28, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. This is a beach park update. All beach parks are now open after an evaluation of ocean...
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Tsunami update: No major damage, siren tests planned
Hawaii 24/7 Staff The tsunami advisory for Hawaii ended at 3:58 a.m. Sunday following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in the Queen Charlotte Islands region off the coast of Canada at 5:04 p.m. Saturday...
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Boat brought into Honokohau Harbor is a possible Japan tsunami debris
MEDIA RELEASE Confirmation pending assistance by NOAA and Consulate General of Japan in Hawaii KAILUA-KONA — A Kona fisherman has retrieved what could be the sixth confirmed item of Japan tsunami...
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Severe 8.0M earthquake in Santa Cruz Islands area, no tsunami threat to Hawaii
Click to read Tweets with the hashtag #hitsunami Twitter posts with the hashtag #hitsunami. View latest Hawaii 24/7 updates below this box Tweets about “#hitsunami” Magnitude 8.0 Date-Time Wednesday,...
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