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Tsunami: 8 2 Magnitude Earthquake in Alaska Led to Warnings – NECN
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Largest US Quake in Half-Century Causes Alaska Little Damage
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The most powerful US earthquake in half a century left Alaska mostly unscathed, thanks to the remote location and depth of the epicentre, officials say.
Seward, south of Anchorage was one of the places where residents were told to move to higher ground following the quake (file picture).
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The magnitude 8.2 Chignik earthquake, which struck at 10.15pm local time on Wednesday just off the Aleutians, was the strongest felt in the United States since an 8.7 quake ripped through the western Aleutian Islands in 1965.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to property. Several Alaskan coastal communities were evacuated following the quake. Among them was Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, south of Anchorage, where sirens blared and residents were told to move to higher ground.
Alaska quake produces prolonged shaking >A line of cars evacuates the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, Wednesday, after a tsunami warning was issued following a magnitude 8.2 earthquake. Homer News via AP
Published: 7/29/2021 7:50:19 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday.
The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was reported about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, and struck just south of the Alaska Peninsula, nearly 500 miles southwest of Anchorage. The quake was about 29 miles below the surface of the North Pacific Ocean, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday. The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was reported about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, and it struck just south of the Alaska Peninsula, nearly 500 miles (804.67 kilometres) southwest of Anchorage. The quake was about 60 miles (96.56 kilometres) offshore and 29 miles (46 kilometres) below the surface of the North Pacific Ocean, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Alaska Earthquake Center said on its website that it was the largest quake in the U.S. since a magnitude 8.7 quake in the Aleutians in 1965. A year before that, the magnitude 9.2 Good Friday earthquake devastated parts of Anchorage and other Alaska communities. That quake and ensuing tsunami killed 131 people from Alaska to California.
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