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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kit Miyamoto, an engineer specializing in disaster recovery, about U.S. readiness following the major earthquake off the Pacific coast of Russia.
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The strength of the powerful earthquake that struck off Russia's Pacific coast on July 30 was dramatically demonstrated in video released by the local branch of a geophysical research organization.
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Video captured people gathering on top of roofs in the northern Japanese coastal community of Mukawa after a tsunami alert was issued for the country. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's coast early morning, local time, but some of Japan's tsunami warnings have been downgraded to advisories since then.
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A powerful earthquake in Russia triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific, and downgraded advisories are still in effect for most of the West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii. NBC News' Morgan Chesky reports on the current weather conditions on the West Coast.
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Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.
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