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California and Alaska brace for tsunami waves after massive earthquake hits Russia
The first waves reached Alaska and Hawaii early Wednesday morning, with other Western U.S. states bracing for impact ...
Tsunami advisory canceled after magnitude 7.3 earthquake recorded off Alaska coast
The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in the Aleutian Chain.
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‘Wake-up call’: Officials say giant Pacific earthquake serves as warning for local megaquakes, tsunamis
Daniel Eungard gets a handful of tsunami alerts each month because of his job running the tsunami hazards program for the Washington Geological Survey. Most of them are nothing.
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An Alaska tsunami warning had residents scrambling for high ground ...
Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered their residents to higher ground after a powerful earthquake, but officials quickly downgraded and then canceled a tsunami ...
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After Alaska tsunami scare from Russian quake, an expert explains the hazard
Dave Snider, Warning Coordinator with the Tsunami Warning Center, says Alaska got lucky after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake ...
A huge earthquake sent tsunami waves hurtling across the Pacific – but little damage was reported. Here’s what we know
One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves ...
History’s biggest recorded tsunami happened in the US: A look back
Imagine a wall of water taller than the Empire State Building crashing through a quiet fjord in the dead of night. No warning ...
Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Produce Such a Weak Tsunami?
Early Wednesday morning, a powerful earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, struck off the coast of the Kamchatka ...