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Despite the strength of the quake, with an epicenter roughly 72 miles below the earth’s surface, no tsunami warning was ...

After Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire erupted June 3, sending a fast-moving flow of superheated ash, rock and debris into villages, AP staffers sprang into ...