7.2 earthquake strikes off southern Alaskan coast, tsunami advisory no longer in effect

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A tsunami advisory issued after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska late Saturday has since been canceled, officials said.

The earthquake hit offshore about 55 miles southwest from Sand Point, Alaska, at a depth of 13 mi. on Saturday around 10:48 p.m. local (2:48  a.m. ET), according to the US Tsunami Warning Center.

The quake prompted a brief tsunami warning for parts of Alaska near the Aleutian islands, extending from Unimak Pass to Kennedy Entrance, before being revised to a tsunami advisory. A small tsunami was later observed up to 0.5 feet in elevation at Sand Point and King Cove, Alaska.

 

 

There is no tsunami threat for other Pacific coasts in the US and Canada, the advisory said

 

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That’s a little one thank god when I was a kid we we’re living aboard our schooner at fellows a Stewart on terminal island San Pedro when the earth quake happened in chile the largest ever recorded and the ensuing tidal wave as a little kid watching literally hundreds of boats large and small being chrushed under the Henry Ford bridge was incredible sight I remember that experience vividly to this day that was 1960 may 22 9.6 magnitude