Huet den National Weather Service just issued an erroneous tsunami alert for Hawaii, when USGS and tsunami.gov was on limited staff or closed due to “social distancing” during the coronavirus? The National Weather Service just deleted the warning, so Hawaii is all in the clear. Hei ass wat geschitt ass:

According to USGS and also Tsunami.gov there is and there was no advisory of a possible tsunami threat for the State of Hawaii.
Contacting the National Weather Service in Honolulu there was a tsunami watch and this information was pushed to local media. Contacting USGS a recording says the office is not manned due to social distancing in the Coronacrisis.

For a while, numerous media in Hawaii are warning residents and visitors about a tsunami watch for the islands. This comes during a time, Oahu and Maui are in a state of lockdown due to Coronavirus.

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This happened after a 7.8 earthquake in the North-Western Pacific east of the remote Kuril Islands, Russia was recorded.

According to eTN research, the watch related to Hawaii by Honolulu Advertiser and other media is not applicable.
The State of Hawaii had issued an alert, but the Federal Government is not mentioning Hawaii but noted as the latest report on this possible tsunami is naming Alaska, British Colombia, Washington, Oregon, California.

Entspriechend zu tsunami.gov, there are no watches or alerts for any U.S. region in response to this earthquake.

However, Emergency Management in Hawaii had issued a statement contrary to the Federal Government statement saying a tsunami watch continues in effect for the State of Hawaii

THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA, BRITISH
   COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
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 * Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis 
   potentially dangerous to coasts outside the source region. 

 * The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center is analyzing 
   the event to determine the level of danger. 

 * More information will be issued as it becomes available. 

 * This earthquake has the potential to generate a destructive 
   tsunami in the source region. 


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------

 * The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary
   assessment of the earthquake and changes may occur.

 * Magnitude      7.8
 * Origin Time    1849 AKDT Mar 24 2020
                  1949  PDT Mar 24 2020
                  0249  UTC Mar 25 2020
 * Coordinates    49.0 North 157.7 East
 * Depth          37 miles
 * Location       east of the Kuril Islands, Russia

The EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH SUPPLEMENT
A TSUNAMI WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.
NOTE - THE MAGNITUDE IS REVISED DOWNWARD TO A 7.5. WE ARE
WAITING FOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE
POSSIBLE THREAT.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0449 PM HST 24 MAR 2020
COORDINATES - 49.0 NORTH 157.7 EAST
LOCATION - EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.5 MOMENT
EVALUATION
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
1039 PM HST TUE 24 MAR 2020
FURTHER MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED.