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Huntington Beach residents get rude awakening with false tsunami alarm

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Authorities in Huntington Beach are trying to figure out what triggered a tsunami alarm Friday morning.

According to the Huntington Beach Police Department, a civil defense/tsunami alarm triggered this morning was a false alarm.

Huntington Fire tweeted saying, "there is no current threat to our community and we are working to determine exactly how/why the sirens were activated."

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