BREAKING: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes parts of coastal Alaska, prompting a tsunami advisory in the area.
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck near the Alaska Peninsula late Saturday.
Preliminary data placed the quake about 55 miles southwest of Sand Point, Alaska, with a magnitude of 7.2, the weather service said. It had initially been measured at a magnitude of 7.4, the United States Geological SurveyThe quake prompted the National Weather Service to issue a brief tsunami warning, saying there was a risk of "significant inundation," an alert that was downgraded to an advisory before being canceled altogether early Sunday.
"If you are located in this coastal area, move off the beach and out of harbors and marinas," officials at the National Tsunami Warning Center had said in theThe earlier tsunami warning had listed times spanning about 90 minutes when tsunami waves were expected to hit the shore "from Chignik Bay to Unimak Pass."on Twitter in announcing the earlier warning. "Move inland to higher ground.
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