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Relax. Connecticut is not going to get hit by a tsunami.

The state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection said a tsunami warning for Connecticut was inadvertently broadcast from the National Weather Service Thursday morning. The alert included Fairfield County, part of Long Island Sound and New Haven, Middlesex and New London counties.

"It was an internal test for the alert that went live," said Scott Devico, spokesman for the department. "The message was sent through the emergency alert system. The first thing we did was make contact with the National Weather Service and was told it was an accident." The department later sent out a tweet letting people know it was a mistake.

He said no emergency services were activated once it was determined the alert was a mistake.

Gary Conte, of the National Weather Service in Upton, N.Y., said it was an inadvertently sent. "It was obviously a mistake, but the good news is the test worked."

The official explanation: "As part of a routine monthly test issued by the National Weather Service/NWS National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer Alaska...the NWS New York NY office sent a tsunami test warning message over NOAA weather radio all hazards. This transmission was sent to local emergency alert systems for possible redistribution," a statement from The National Weather service says. "There is no tsunami threat at this time."

While Connecticut has had its share of serious storms and weather events, from hurricanes to blizzards, there is no record of a tsumani ever hitting Connecticut. There have been storm surges from hurricanes, but no tsunamis.

On ModernSurvivalBlog.com, Ken Jorgustin calculated that a 300-foot "mega tsunami" could cause mass destruction along the East Coast. "A catastrophic volcanic eruption and subsequent marine (and/or submarine) landslide of one of the Canary Islands collapsing into the ocean in the Eastern Atlantic could lead to a mega-tsunami that travels across the Atlantic and devastates the East Coast of the United States," Jorgustin wrote.

He said a 300-foot tsunami would devastate major East Coast cities, including Bridgeport and New Haven and travel up to 20-miles inland. A tsuami with 75-foot or less wave could go as far as the Merritt Parkway. Higher-evelation areas like Oxford, Danbury and the Northwest Hills would be spared from a mega-tsunami.

Of course, Jorgustin said there are many variable factors like the speed and energy of the tsunami, shape of the ocean floor and shoreline, that could all affect who lives of who dies when a big wave rolls in.

For now, we don't have to worry.