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Magnitude 8.2 quake off Alaska prompts tsunami warning

Reuters Staff

 

(Reuters) - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit the Gulf of Alaska in the early hours of Tuesday, prompting authorities to warn people in the area to move away from the coast in case it causes a tsunami.

 

The quake hit 256 km (157 miles) southeast of Chiniak, Alaska at a depth of 10 km at 0931 GMT, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

 

“If you are located in this coastal area, move inland to higher ground. Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant inundation is possible or is already occurring,” Anchorage Office of Emergency Management said in a warning for Alaska and British Columbia.

 

Tsunami warnings for parts of Alaska and Canada and a tsunami watch for the entire U.S. west coast and Hawaii were issued.

 

“Based on all available data a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicentre,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

 

Japan’s meteorological agency said it was monitoring the situation but did not issue a tsunami alert.

 

Writing by Robin Pomeroy; editing by John Stonestreet

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-1-23

[impulse]

Ruh Roh. (in the immortal words of Scooby Do...)

 

Fingers crossed for all those in the path...

[Lingba]

Hawaii watch out

[Guest]

NOAA provides real data from tsunami boyas http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/obs.shtml

 

One station showed a 15 second peak of 10 meter, which could have been some kind of technical issue as well.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46410&type=2&seriestime=20180123093315

 

There is also the Phuket / Andaman sea boya, which haven't send data since Oct 18 2017.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=23461

[soalbundy]

8.2 now that is what I call an earth quake, none of this 5.2 nonsense.

[RichardColeman]

Sensible people : "run for the hills"

Nutcases : "Where's my surfboard"

[thenewgoo]

8.2 at 10km - that's a biggun!

 

[Jingthing]

Not shallow.

 

Turns out it was a mere 7.9 which to us quake geeks means much weaker than 8.2.

 

Tsunami warnings cancelled.

 

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[nauseus]

RIng of Fire is getting pretty busy this year!

 

 

[nauseus]

2 hours ago, oilinki said:

NOAA provides real data from tsunami boyas http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/obs.shtml

 

One station showed a 15 second peak of 10 meter, which could have been some kind of technical issue as well.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46410&type=2&seriestime=20180123093315

 

There is also the Phuket / Andaman sea boya, which haven't send data since Oct 18 2017.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=23461

All quiet on the western front!

 

[oldcarguy]

6 inch wave in Alaska, ........but who knows what it will be headed west....

[nauseus]

1 minute ago, oldcarguy said:

6 inch wave in Alaska, ........but who knows what it will be headed west....

3" lol

[IAMHERE]

Will this Tsunami styreup the Pacific Gyre ? 

[lannarebirth]

58 minutes ago, IAMHERE said:

Will this Tsunami styreup the Pacific Gyre ? 

No.