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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Drago on January 23, 2018, 09:54:34 am

Title: Alaska Earthquake (1-23-18) - M 8.0 - 281km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
Post by: Drago on January 23, 2018, 09:54:34 am

Large quake in the ocean off Kodiak, AK.  Need to check on tsunami warnings...

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00p3054t#executive

Title: Re: Alaska Earthquake (1-23-18) - M 8.0 - 281km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
Post by: Drago on January 23, 2018, 10:07:51 am

U.S. Tsunami Warning Center:  http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov (http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov)

Watches/warnings for all of the Southern AK coastline and BC, WA, OR, Hawaii and CA.

Title: Re: Alaska Earthquake (1-23-18) - M 8.0 - 281km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
Post by: Gefn on January 23, 2018, 10:23:26 am

I hope all members who live in Alaska are ok.

Title: Re: Alaska Earthquake (1-23-18) - M 8.0 - 281km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
Post by: mountaineer on January 23, 2018, 01:32:31 pm

Now reporting the tsunami warning has been cancelled.

Quote

Alaska hit by 7.9 earthquake; tsunami warning canceled
Associated Press
5:18 AM, Jan 23, 2018
33 mins ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Alaska’s Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of the state’s coast.

Officials at the National Tsunami Center canceled the warning after a few tense hours after waves failed to show up in coastal Alaska communities. No serious damage had been reported.

The strong earthquake hit at 12:30 a.m. and was recorded about 170 miles southeast of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. Kodiak Island is located about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, which was not under a tsunami threat.  ...

More  (https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/magnitude-82-earthquake-strikes-alaska-tsunami-watch-issued-for-us-west-coast)

Title: Re: Alaska Earthquake (1-23-18) - M 8.0 - 281km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
Post by: MajorClay on January 23, 2018, 01:40:22 pm

Oh My