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Brief Tsunami alert after an earthquake off the coast of Alaska – Alaska: brief alert tsunami after
An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 occurred off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday. Therefore, Several villages have been evacuated.
A brief tsunami alert took place from the authorities in Alaska (symbolic photo).
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A strong earthquake occurred on Wednesday off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday. Moreover, caused a brief tsunami alert from the authorities, which are not afraid of major damage.
The epicenter of this 7.3 magnitude earthquake is located in the Pacific Ocean. 87 km south of Sand Point, a small village in the Alaska peninsula, according to the American Geophysical Institute (USGS).
The authorities have issued a tsunami alert for a large coastal region. not populated and wild enough in the southwest of Alaska, covering more than 1100 km. It was lifted a little less than two hours later.
This map shows the Alaska region with the epicenter of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake near the coasts, including Anchorage and Juneau.
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Tsunami alert
Several towns. villages in the alert zone first sounded their alarm sirens and asked their inhabitants to take refuge in height or in the land.
At the end of the afternoon on Wednesday, the authorities said there was no more danger. “You can return to your homes,” said the village of Unalaska in a statement for its residents.
The Kodiak emergency operations center. one of the most populous cities in the area with its 5,200 inhabitants, also decreed the “end of the alert”.
“The risk of victims and damage is low,” said the USGS in a bulletin. “Overall, the population of this region lies in structures resistant to seismic tremors, although there are vulnerable structures.”
Located in the Pacific Fire belt, Alaska is very exposed to earthquakes.
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