The Columbus Dispatch

Greenland tsunami, floods leave 4 missing

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HELSINKI — Authoritie­s say four people have been reported missing in Greenland after an earthquake off the Arctic island’s west coast triggered a tsunami that flooded a village.

The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said Sunday that an earthquake late Saturday with a magnitude of around 4.0 struck northweste­rn Greenland near the village of Nuugaatsia­q. It said surging water is reported to have destroyed 11 buildings there.

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