A tsunami watch was issued around 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. “They put us in a watch because of the close proximity to Hawaii, because if there was energy or a wave it was within that five hour window [to reaching Hawaii],

The watch was issued at 9:03 p.m. after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, but canceled after there was no threat to Hawaii.

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Wednesday's magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years.