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Jul. 16—Update: This story has been updated with a new article: 7.2 earthquake off Alaska Peninsula triggers brief tsunami warning, sending some residents to higher ground Update, 12:55 a.m ...
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported. The earthquake was ...
A tsunami warning issued Monday after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake off southern Alaska was downgraded to an advisory by evening. The 12:54 p.m. quake was centered 62 miles southeast of Sand Point ...
The warning was later downgraded to an advisory by the National Weather Service. An aftershock hit the area about 20 minutes later at a magnitude of 5.8, the USGS said. 7.5 magnitude earthquake ...
The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering all coastal regions of the United States and Canada, except Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Until 2013, it was known as the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.
A powerful earthquake occurred just south of the Alaska Peninsula Monday afternoon, local time, prompting tsunami warning for part of the coast. The earthquake was initially rated a magnitude 7.4 ...
2021 Chignik earthquake Tsunami map. A tsunami warning was issued by the NOAA about 5 minutes after the earthquake. 1 hour and 45 minutes after, the warning was downgraded to an advisory and later canceled 3 hours after the earthquake. [55]
The National Tsunami Warning Center—itself located inside the quake zone, in Palmer, Alaska, 42 miles (68 km) northeast of Anchorage—issued tsunami warnings for nearby coastal areas, including Cook Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula, but they were lifted shortly after. [6] [9]