A large earthquake has been reported off the coast of Alaska. The magnitude of the quake is being reported as 8.0 and has prompted tsunami alerts for certain coastal regions including the Aleutian Islands:
Major earthquake,
RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS,
Jun-23 20:53 UTC,http://t.co/iwy12kgBoM— USGS Big Quakes (@USGSBigQuakes) June 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/Circa/status/481184760916901888
Tsunami Warning for 8.0 Alaska quake includes this: "THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST." http://t.co/Thdq6KZQKg pic.twitter.com/8VwHTXoQDU
— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell) June 23, 2014
JUST IN: Major earthquake. Aleutian Islands of Alakska. Magnitude 8.0. Tsunami warning for Alaskan waters. @WFMY pic.twitter.com/crON2vCkks
— Tim Buckley (@TimBuckleyWX) June 23, 2014
FYI to coastal Alaska, NOAA has announced a tsunami alert. If you're there, be careful and seek higher ground. http://t.co/Pn1uHrWmTV
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) June 23, 2014
#Tsunami propagation map http://t.co/fmZTcVjrgk from Alaska M 8.0 #earthquake
— Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) June 23, 2014
CNN: tsunami warning issued for coastal Alaska after 8.0 quake; could produce a "modest" tsunami -Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) June 23, 2014
The quake reportedly took place in deep water so the tsunami threat is localized:
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The Alaska quake was quite deep (114 KM) and so a localized tsunami threat only.
NO widespread tsunami expected.— SevereStudios (@severestudios) June 23, 2014
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says because of depth of Alaskan earthquake, there appears to be NO threat of a tsunami in Hawaii.
— Christy Henderson (@christyhweather) June 23, 2014
BREAKING: No Tsunami Warning issued for Washington or Oregon coastlines after 8.0 earthquake strikes the Aleutian Islands.
— Brian MacMillan (@BMacTV) June 23, 2014
Twitchy will update this story as any new information becomes available.
Update:
Fortunately it doesn’t sound like there will be any major tsunami damage whatsoever:
#Tsunami update: #Alaska— advisory is cancelled. Check with local officials for ALL CLEAR. via @NWS_NTWC
— NWS Alaska Region (@NWSAlaska) June 24, 2014
A 0.6' #Tsunami was detected at Amchitka, Alaska.
— Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) June 23, 2014