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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, October 4, 2009

No tsunami threat from Philippines quake

Advertiser Staff

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines today did not produce a threat of a tsunami, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach.

Early news reports said the quake was recorded at 6:58 p.m. local time with the epicenter at 57 miles southwest of Cotabato city.