Tech issues hampered information on tsunami watch for Hawaii

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Technical issues made it difficult to get information about a tsunami watch for Hawaii and its subsequent cancellation, the National Weather Service said yesterday. The brief tsunami watch was canceled Tuesday after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the northern Pacific near Russia's far eastern Kuril Islands. Tsunami waves were possible for the nearest shores. However, Hawaii's watch did not appear on the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's website because the site was discontinued a month ago and had been automatically redirecting visitors to tsunami.gov, said Susan Buchanan, a spokeswoman for the National Weather Service.