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Updated at 6:51 a.m., Wednesday, September 12, 2007

No tsunami threat for Hawaii after Indonesia quake

Advertiser Staff

The 7.9 earthquake that caused a small tsunami in Indonesia does not pose a tsunami threat to Hawai'i or the coastlines of the Pacific, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said this morning.

The shallow earthquake, in Southern Sumatera, Indonesia, was located outside the Pacific.