Tsunami alert after 8.2 earthquake near Alaska | Abroad

The quake’s epicenter was about 60 miles southeast of the village of Perryville.

The United States, among others, has issued a warning for Alaska and a number of islands. The chance of a tsunami is still being examined for other parts. The alarm has also been raised in Hawaii.

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The US National Tsunami Warning Center has already calculated the time at which a possible tsunami would reach certain parts of the world, such as the American west coast.

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Even New Zealand is investigating the possibility of a tsunami. It would then arrive at the coast of that country in 12 hours. However, all authorities emphasize that the investigation is still ongoing.

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Alaska also issued a tsunami warning last October after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. This led to evacuations, but in the end there were no casualties. In 1964 Alaska was hit by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in North America. Then a tsunami hit coastal areas in the US. More than 250 were killed.

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According to noted American meteorologist Matthew Cappucci, the Pacific Plate has shifted below the North American Plate. “That moves large amounts of seawater.”

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“The earthquake created a shock that shifted the ground up to four inches per second,” says Cappucci. “That doesn’t sound like much, but consider that an entire landscape moves.”

More later.

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