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Saturday, January 05, 2013  Officials have canceled a tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska and coastal Canada.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Japan's Meteorological Agency has lifted a tsunami warning for the country's northeastern coast.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Wednesday at 9:04 a.m., residents along the east coast of the United States will hear the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's (NOAA) tsunami test.  The test allows NOAA's National Weather Service along with its partners to test their lines of communication during the threat of a tsunami.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  An earthquake has rattled the Tokyo area hours after a stronger tremor caused a small tsunami on the northern Japanese coast.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  A cold winter, natural disasters aboard and the rising price of fuel have combined to send shrimp prices higher in South Carolina.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit off of the already devastated nation of Japan.

Thursday, March 31, 2011  If you haven't seen a backlog on that new TV or Japanese-made car you were planning to buy, just wait a few weeks.

Monday, March 28, 2011  Electric utilities in South Carolina and North Carolina have detected trace amounts of radiation from accidents at Japan's nuclear reactor following a March 11th earthquake and tsunami.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  Since the nuclear crisis in Japan, people in the U.S. have been buying up potassium iodide, which protects against thyroid cancer in people exposed to radiation.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  HTC, which serves customers in Horry and Georgetown counties, says it will waive the fees for direct dial voice calls and text messages to Japan following last Friday's earthquake and tsunami.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011  Today, fear is growing that radiation from crippled nuclear plants in Japan could traverse the Pacific Ocean and eventually reach the United States. Based on research done by Dr. Jeff Masters and analysis by Nuclear Engineers, I see no reason to be worried.

Monday, March 14, 2011  NewsChannel 15's Ed Piotrowski blogs about the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan and how they impact his family.

Friday, March 11, 2011  They are rare, but they are possible. The website geology.com says part of the reason for this low incidence of tsunamis is the lack of subduction zones - the most common source of tsunami-causing earthquakes.

Friday, March 11, 2011  The surge did smash boats and wreck docks in the California cities of Santa Cruza and Crescent City.

Friday, March 11, 2011  For one Conway resident, Friday's earthquake in Japan brought back feelings that still haunt her, having lived through one in the Asian nation in the 1990's. She was so shaken by her experience, that she left Japan, but still has family there who experienced Friday's quake.