7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes near Alaska Peninsula, prompting brief tsunami warning
A tsunami advisory was issued early Sunday for parts of coastal Alaska after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area. A powerful 7.2- magnitude earthquake struck near the Alaska Peninsula late Saturday. Preliminary data placed the quake about 55 miles southwest of Sand Point, Alaska, with a magnitude of 7.2, the National Weather Service said. It had initially been measured at a magnitude of 7.4, the United States Geological Survey said on Twitter. It struck at about 10:48 p.m. local time. The quake prompted the National Weather Service in Anchorage to issue a brief tsunami warning , saying there was a risk of "significant inundation," an alert that was downgraded to an advisory before being canceled altogether early Sunday. "If you are located in this coastal area, move off the beach and out of harbors and marinas," officials at the National Tsunami Warning Center had said in the advisory. The earlier tsunami warning had listed times spanning about 90 minut...