At a depth of 9.3 kilometers, an earthquake with a 7.4 magnitude struck the Alaska Peninsula. US Tsunami Warning System issues a tsunami alert.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Alaska Peninsula region on Sunday morning. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck around 0648 GMT Sunday about 55 miles (89 kilometres) southwest of the town of Sand Point at a depth of 32.6 kilometres. The quake’s magnitude and depth have been corrected from original estimate of 7.4 reading and 9.3 km, respectively.
After first issuing a warning for Southern Alaska and Alaska penninsuala, the National Tsunami Warning Centre revoked the alert via a Twitter post.
“CANCELLATION: M7.2 055mi SW Sand Point, Alaska 2248AKDT Jul 15: Check with local authority for all clear.” National Tsunami Warning Center wrote in a Twitter message.
“For other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America, there is no tsunami threat,” National Tsunami warning centre was reported as saying by news agency AFP.
In March 1964, Alaska was devastated by the biggest earthquake ever recorded in North America, damaging Anchorage and creating a tsunami that touched the Gulf of Alaska, the west coast of the US and Hawaii. The 1964 earthquake and associated tsunami killed more than 250 people.