they are issuing a tsunami alert

An earthquake of magnitude 8.2 was recorded on Wednesday overnight off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, which triggered a tsunami warning.

The tremor occurred at 91 km southeast of Perryville Townshipexplained the USGS, whose tsunami warning affects southern Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula.

Perryville is a small town about 800 km from Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska.

The United States government has activated a tsunami watch for southeast Alaska.

At first, the US Tsunami Warning System warned that “dangerous waves” could occur, but two hours later it updated its forecast and said any waves would not exceed one foot. .

On Kodiak, an island off the coast of Alaska and inhabited by about 6,000 people, tsunami warnings have been sounded and authorities have warned that the tsunami could occur around 11 p.m. local time.

But none were recorded in the end, according to local radio KMXT.

In some videos posted on social networks by journalists and neighborhood residents, Kodiak residents seen walking awayfrom the coast, with the sound of alarms in the background.

As well a tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii, where residents were told to stay away from the beach, but two hours later it was turned off.

they registered five aftershocks within 90 minutes earthquake, the largest with a magnitude of 6.2, according to the USGS.

In October, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused tsunami waves off the southern coast of Alaska, but no damage was reported.

Alaska is located in the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an area with frequent seismic activity where tectonic plates collide.

Alaska was struck by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in March 1964, the strongest on record in North America. It devastated Anchorage and generated a tsunami that swept through the Gulf of Alaska, the west coast of the United States and Hawaii.

Over 250 people lost their lives in the earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

Fuente AFP

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