US West Coast residents: there will be no further alerts issued for this event. No significant tsunami is expected. Once again, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska – all clear.
Strong & unusual currents may continue for the next several hours.
-tsunami.gov— NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) July 29, 2021
PERRYVILLE, Alaska (AP) — A tsunami warning issued for parts of Alaska after a large earthquake struck the peninsula has been canceled.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was magnitude 8.2 and hit 56 miles (91 kilometers) east southeast of Perryville, Alaska at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. The quake was about 29 miles (46 kilometers) below the surface of the ocean, according to USGS.
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings for South Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula, from Hinchinbrook Entrance, 90 miles (144.84 kilometers) east of Seward, to Unimak Pass, and for the Aleutian Islands, from Unimak Pass, 80 miles (128.75 kilometers) northeast of Unalaska, to Samalga Pass, Alaska, which is 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) southwest of Nikolski.
Those warnings have been canceled.
A tsunami warning issued for Hawaii has been canceled.
Two other earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.6 occurred in the same area within a half hour of the first one, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Moderate shaking probably occurred in Perryville, Chignik Lake and Sandpoint.
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