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8.2 magnitude quake hits off coast of Alaska: USGS

  (Agence France-Presse)
Washington, United States
Tue, January 23, 2018

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8.2 magnitude quake hits off coast of Alaska: USGS A powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the southern coast of Alaska early Tuesday, the USGS said. (tsunami.gov/tsunami.gov)

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the southern coast of Alaska early Tuesday, the USGS said.

Tsunami warnings were issued for Alaska and the west coast of Canada, the National Tsunami Warning Center said.

The quake struck at 0931 GMT in the Gulf of Alaska, 280 kilometers (175 miles) southeast of the town of Kodiak, the US Geological Survey said.

The NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that, based on the preliminary earthquake parameters, "widespread hazardous tsunami waves were possible".

 

 

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