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7.2 magnitude quake rocks Alaska, triggers brief tsunami warning

7.2 magnitude quake rocks Alaska, triggers brief tsunami warning

The Alaskan peninsula was rocked by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake late Saturday native time, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed.

The USGS revised the quake’s magnitude down from an preliminary 7.4 after it triggered a short tsunami warning.

The shallow quake hit at 10:48 p.m. Saturday (6.48 a.m. GMT Sunday), about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southwest of the small city of Sand Point, the company mentioned.

The National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, canceled an earlier tsunami advisory for south Alaska and the Alaskan peninsula, saying it “no longer poses a threat.”

The quake generated minor tsunami waves of 15 centimeters (6 inches) above tide degree noticed at Sand Point and King Cove, it added.

“A tsunami was generated by this event, but no longer poses a threat,” it mentioned, including some areas could proceed to see small sea degree modifications.

Alaska is a part of the seismically energetic Pacific Ring of Fire.

The distant state was hit by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake in March 1964, the strongest ever recorded in North America.

It devastated Anchorage and unleashed a tsunami that slammed the Gulf of Alaska, the U.S. west coast, and Hawaii.

The quake and the tsunami killed greater than 250 individuals.

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