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Tsunami alerts issued following huge quake

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (CNN) -- A tsunami warning was issued Saturday for Japan and a broad area surrounding the Pacific Ocean, including Alaska, after a major undersea earthquake east of the Kuril Islands, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.

The earthquake was measured at a massive 8.2 magnitude at 11:23 p.m. ET, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center bulletin said. A 9.1-magnitude quake off the coast of Indonesia on December 26, 2004 caused a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in 11 countries.

Continued...http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/13/tsunami.japan/index.html

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