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Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the Alaska Peninsula on Wednesday afternoon, July 16. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the earthquake off Sand Point, Popof Island, which is ...
Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered their residents to higher ground after a powerful ...
A lightly populated stretch of Alaska ’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a strong earthquake was felt throughout the region, and officials in the Pacific Northwest were ...
A massive 7.3 earthquake rattled coastal southwestern Alaska on Tuesday, sending a jolt through homes along coastal towns and even generating a small tsunami.
In 1922, a 2.1-foot wave was recorded in Galveston, likely caused by a local event. In 1964, a 0.6-foot wave reached Freeport after the massive earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska.
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Alaska, prompting a tsunami warning across the state’s southern ...
A significant 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Alaska Peninsula, prompting an immediate tsunami warning for southern coastal areas. Residents in Ko ...
A major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 initially triggered a tsunami warning for the southern Alaska Peninsula. It was later downgraded to an advisory.
Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state in the U.S. and one of the most seismically active regions in the world, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The state experiences a magnitude 7 ...
The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday for parts of Alaska's coast following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
The area, within a few hundred miles of the earthquake, has "lit up" since 2020, with Wednesday's earthquake marking the fifth exceeding magnitude 7.0 since 2020, said state seismologist Michael West.