Tsunami warnings lifted after magnitude 8.2 quake hits Alaska

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Quake is the seventh strongest in US history and ties with another Alaskan quake in 1938

The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. Picture: 123RF/ANDREW F KAZMIERSKI

In Alaska, small tsunami waves measuring under a foot above tide level were observed in Sand Point, Old Harbor, King Cove, Kodiak, Unalaska and Alitak Bay, according to the US National Tsunami Warning Center . The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 10.15pm local time at a depth of 35km. It struck about 91km east-southeast of Perryville, about 800km from Anchorage, Alaska's biggest city.

While shallow earthquakes near populated areas can be dangerous, in this case the shallow quake posed less of a threat because they do not usually generate large tsunamis.

 

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