Tsunami, Kamchatka Peninsula and Earthquake
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A strong earthquake along Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula caused the National Weather Service to issue a tsunami advisory for parts of Alaska on Thursday.
The National Tsunami Warning Center had issued an advisory for the western end of the Aleutian Islands, from Amchitka Pass to Attu.
A tsunami advisory has now been cancelled after it was issued for the western Aleutian Islands in Alaska shortly after a large aftershock hit far eastern Russia on Thursday morning, local time. The tremor was rated 7.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred off the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east Russian coast. The earthquake occurred at 8:58 a.m. Hawaii time. It is close to an earthquake that triggered a tsunami warning for the islands on July 29.