A wipeout for tsunami concerns in the Tri-Counties: No major issues aside from some rip currents

It created a lot of excitement and some concern Tuesday night, but tsunami advisories impacting the Tri-Counties has been cancelled.

It started with a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off of Russia Tuesday afternoon our time. The magnitude made it onto the top ten list of earthquakes recorded in modern history.

For the Central and South Coasts, it meant at first a tsunami watch, which was then upgraded to a tsunami warning…

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