**** UPDATE: USGS lowers Magnitude to 7.6 ****
**** UPDATE: Tsunami Watch For Hawaii Cancelled ****
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Preliminary reports indicate that a 7.9 magnitude quake has struck east of the Philippines, and a Tsunami warning and watch have been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1255Z 31 AUG 2012THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INDONESIA / PHILIPPINES / BELAU / YAP / TAIWAN / JAPAN / GUAM / N. MARIANAS / PAPUA NEW GUINEA
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CHUUK / MARCUS IS. / KOSRAE / POHNPEI / MARSHALL IS. /
WAKE IS. / SOLOMON IS. / RUSSIA / NAURUFOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.
At this time, we’ve no reports of damage, and we do not know whether a tsunami was generated, only that one is possible.
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