![]() ![]() The 9.2-magnitude quake on March 27, 1964, was centered about 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Anchorage. The level of tsunami danger is being evaluated for other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America, according to the NWS. USA TODAY The claim: A video shows shaking from a July 28 earthquake in Alaska An 8.2-magnitude earthquake was recorded on July 28 off the coast of Alaska, prompting evacuation warnings. Alaska was the site of the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the U.S. “Based on all available data there is no tsunami threat,” the National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Kodiak is near the northwestern tip of Kodiak Island, which is the largest island in Alaska and is the second-largest island in the US.Ī tsunami watch had been issued for Hawaii but was later canceled. Vehicles evacuate Homer Spit following tsunami warning after a quake, in Homer, Alaska, U.S., Jin this still image obtained from a video on July 29, 2021. 21, 2020, Fact check: Old Alaska quake footage from 2018 recycled Thank you for supporting our journalism. Police in Kodiak, the largest town on the island of Kodiak, advised residents after the quake to move to high ground, adding that the high school was open as an evacuation location.Īs the alerts changed from warnings to advisories, the Kodiak Police Department said in a message, “Kodiak has been downgraded to Tsunami Advisory status however we are not all clear.” The claim that a video shows an earthquake in Alaska this year is FALSE. “A tsunami was generated by this event, but no longer poses a threat,” the center said. A Cold Bay, Alaska, resident shared video from her living room as she and her three children huddled under a table when the quake rattled their home, KTVA-TV said. ![]() When it comes to earthquakes, size matters but so does the terrain Credit: USGS / Ben Brooks Ben Brooks/USGS/JPL/NASA A USGS Earthquake Science Center Mobile Laser Scanning truck scans the surface rupture near the zone of maximum surface displacement of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck the Ridgecrest area. ![]()
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