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Friday quake revealed cracks in alert system

SEATTLE — When an earthquake larger than magnitude 3 strikes the Northwest, an auto-mated system is supposed to page University of Washington seismologists and notify emergency managers.

But that’s not what happened with Friday morning’s magnitude-4.5 jolt.

Because....

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