7.4 quake off the coast of El Salvador; no longer a tsunami threat

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ABC News Weather @abcnewswx
UPDATE: Tsunami warning center: "No longer a tsunami threat" but sea level fluctuations may occur - 12:46 a.m. ET

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ABC News Weather @abcnewswx
DEVELOPING: USGS: Preliminary magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off El Salvador.

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ABC News Weather @abcnewswx
DEVELOPING: Tsunami warning center: "Hazardous" tsunami waves possible along coasts of Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador - 12:34 a.m. ET

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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.4 OCCURRED
OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA AT 0352 UTC ON TUESDAY
OCTOBER 14 2014.

* BASED ON ALL DATA AVAILABLE TO THIS CENTER... THE TSUNAMI
THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW MOSTLY PASSED. ANY
REMAINING THREAT SHOULD BE EVALUATED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN
IMPACTED AREAS.


TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED
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* BASED UPON FURTHER ANALYSES OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE
TSUNAMI FORECAST... THERE IS NO LONGER A TSUNAMI THREAT
FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

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USGS's PAGER model says there is an 89 percent probability of one or more fatalities from this earthquake.

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