Earthquake Alaska Today: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of Alaska, as per National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A Tsunami warning was issued earlier but now it has been cancelled.
The National Weather Service tweeted saying that the tsunami warning issued earlier for coastal areas of South Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands has been cancelled.
The #tsunami warning for the 7.8 magnitude #Alaska #earthquake has been cancelled. https://t.co/LPlKBcQd0D
— NWS PTWC (@NWS_PTWC) July 22, 2020
What we know so far?
The epicentre of the earthquake was 75 miles south of Chignik in Alaska. It hit at 11:42 AM at local time. The depth of the tremor was about 8 miles.
The earthquake's magnitude was earlier issued as 7.4 but was later upgraded to 7.8.
The alert area earlier included Tsunami warnings for southern Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
The magnitude for the #Alaska #earthquake has been upgraded to 7.8, and the alert area now includes #tsunami advisories for southern Alaska and the Aleutian Is. in addition to the original warning area. See the map at https://t.co/D9Q4HxPoryhttps://t.co/Q4qelgTkWs
— NWS PTWC (@NWS_PTWC) July 22, 2020
Wed Jul 22 07:21:16 UTC 2020 event picture pic.twitter.com/BpCwEWkQ1K
— NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) July 22, 2020
US, Canada closely monitoring the situation
The National Weather Service of Portland tweeted saying that they are closely monitoring the situation. No tsunami warning has been issued yet for Oregon or Washington.
We are closely monitoring this situation. NO #Tsunami Warning is in effect for Washington or Oregon at this time. #wawx #orwx #pdxtst https://t.co/FuZ3eN3P8u
— NWS Portland (@NWSPortland) July 22, 2020
The National Weather Service also confirmed that there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii.
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