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The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...
A tsunami warning in Alaska has forced local communities to evacuate to higher ground following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
The National Weather Service has lifted a tsunami advisory for communities on the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island after a ...
Alaska citizens can finally relax after the tsunami warning issued following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake was canceled.
Saturday night’s tsunami warning issued for the Gulf of Alaska coast from the Aleutian Islands to Cook Inlet was downgraded and later canceled, but not before many people evacuated low-lying ...
Emergency response officials activated the Wireless Emergency Alerts system at 10:53 p.m. on July 15, 2023, to announce a tsunami warning on mobile phones in the red zones on this map -- but the ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey have solved a 50-year natural science mystery: the undersea source of tsunami waves that devastated a remote Alaska village ...
On Saturday night, July 15, Roger and Carol Christianson were settling into their RV parked at the end of the Homer Spit, Alaska, when their cellphones buzzed violently: A tsunami warning.
JUNEAU, Alaska — A reported 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula on Monday prompted tsunami warnings for a vast swath of communities, leading some schools to evacuate and send ...
Confusion around an emergency alert received by Alaska residents in areas not at risk of a potential tsunami after a major weekend earthquake could shake public confidence in the warning system ...
A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake rattled a large swath of coastal Alaska late Tuesday, triggered a tsunami warning that sent residents fleeing before it was called off.
Others worry that the confusion around whether the tsunami posed actual danger could erode the public’s trust of a critical emergency warning system. Sections ...