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Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes southeastern Alaska
Posted on January 5, 2013 by The Extinction Protocol
January 5, 2013 – JUNEAU, Alaska — A
powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of
Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no
damaging waves were generated. The magnitude 7.5 quake did generate a
tsunami, but the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said the waves didn’t
pose a threat. The temblor struck at midnight Friday (1 a.m. PST
Saturday) and was centered about 60 miles west of Craig, Alaska, the
U.S. Geological Survey said. Originally, it
was thought two 7.7 magnitude quakes had struck southern Alaska back to
back but the USGS revised the information on its website. The
tsunami followed minutes later and was eventually expanded to include
coastal areas from Cape Fairweather, Alaska, to the northern tip of
Vancouver Island, Canada — an area extending more than 700 miles. A
center had warned that “significant widespread inundation of land is
expected,” adding that dangerous coastal flooding was possible. In its
cancellation statement, the center said that some areas were seeing just
small sea level changes. “A tsunami was generated during this event but
no longer poses a threat,” the center said. After one community
reported seeing just a small wave, the police in the coastal town of
Cordova said they had no reports of any problems. The Alaska Earthquake
Information Center said the quake was widely felt but it received no
reports of any damage. In addition to the warning, a tsunami advisory
was briefly in effect for some Alaska coastal areas to the north of the
warning zone, as well as to the south of the zone, from the Washington
state border to the northern tip of Vancouver Island. A tsunami warning
means an area is likely to be hit by a wave, while an advisory means
there may be strong currents, but that widespread inundation is not
expected to occur. –LA Times, TEP
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
Posted on January 5, 2013 by The Extinction Protocol
January 5, 2013 – JUNEAU, Alaska — A
powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of
Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no
damaging waves were generated. The magnitude 7.5 quake did generate a
tsunami, but the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said the waves didn’t
pose a threat. The temblor struck at midnight Friday (1 a.m. PST
Saturday) and was centered about 60 miles west of Craig, Alaska, the
U.S. Geological Survey said. Originally, it
was thought two 7.7 magnitude quakes had struck southern Alaska back to
back but the USGS revised the information on its website. The
tsunami followed minutes later and was eventually expanded to include
coastal areas from Cape Fairweather, Alaska, to the northern tip of
Vancouver Island, Canada — an area extending more than 700 miles. A
center had warned that “significant widespread inundation of land is
expected,” adding that dangerous coastal flooding was possible. In its
cancellation statement, the center said that some areas were seeing just
small sea level changes. “A tsunami was generated during this event but
no longer poses a threat,” the center said. After one community
reported seeing just a small wave, the police in the coastal town of
Cordova said they had no reports of any problems. The Alaska Earthquake
Information Center said the quake was widely felt but it received no
reports of any damage. In addition to the warning, a tsunami advisory
was briefly in effect for some Alaska coastal areas to the north of the
warning zone, as well as to the south of the zone, from the Washington
state border to the northern tip of Vancouver Island. A tsunami warning
means an area is likely to be hit by a wave, while an advisory means
there may be strong currents, but that widespread inundation is not
expected to occur. –LA Times, TEP
Thanks to: http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com
