The country remains on alert.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the Alaska coast this Wednesday, July 16 in the middle of the day. A tsunami alert has been triggered, suggesting the worst for residents of the country and the border American regions.
A big fright has invaded Alaska and the American border regions this Wednesday, July 16, around 12:35 p.m. (local time) after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that touched the Alaska coast. Its epicenter is located at a depth of 19 kilometers and 87 kilometers south of Sand Point, a small village in the Shumagin Islands archipelago, details the national alert center in the tsunami.
The National Tsunamis Alert Center issued an alert for an area of around 64.4 km southwest of Homer to the Unimak pass in Alaska, a distance of about 1,126 km. Among the largest agglomerations in the region was Kodiak, which had around 5,200 inhabitants. The earthquake was felt 1,000 km further to Anchorage, the most populous city of this wilderness
Four tremors felt
The alert was reduced to an opinion about an hour later, then canceled shortly before 2:45 p.m. However, “Impacts are expected” warn local authorities. And the inhabitants of the 1,127 kilometers concerned by the alert were ordered to take refuge on the heights.
Four tremors were detected during the first three hours reported Jérémy Zidek, the spokesperson for the Alaska emergency management division. “We have seen other earthquakes in the region Who have not generated important waves of tsunami, but we deal with it seriously and follow our procedures, ensuring that the communities are informed so that they can activate their evacuation procedures “he specifies to theAssociated Press.
For the time being, “There is no damage at the airport, there does not seem to be damage to the port, no damage strictly speaking, really“Said the police chief of Sand Point, Benjamin Allen.
