Sentences with phrase «accurate tsunami warnings»

Now, researchers have come up with a way to more quickly gauge a big quake's magnitude and thus provide faster, more accurate tsunami warnings: by measuring the miniscule changes in Earth's gravitational field that are generated when massive slabs of the planet's crust shift by dozens of meters over the course of a few minutes.

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At 3:43 P.M. the PTWC issued a new warning with the DART confirmation of a tsunami and a more accurate revised magnitude of 8.8 for the quake.