8.0 - 24km SE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT

Big earthquake near Alaska 8,0 as of now

earthquake.usgs.gov...

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Event Time
2014-06-23 20:53:10 UTC
2014-06-23 11:53:10 UTC-09:00 at epicenter
2014-06-23 15:53:10 UTC-05:00 system time

Location

51.797°N 178.759°E depth=114.4km (71.1mi)

Nearby Cities
24km (15mi) SE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska
1370km (851mi) E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1387km (862mi) E of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
1388km (862mi) E of Yelizovo, Russia
2957km (1837mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada

I hope everything turns out ok.

I'm going to follow this please update.

Really stupid question does earthquakes happen often around Alaska? That is a big one. a reply to: alienjuggalo

originally posted by: neversaynever
Really stupid question does earthquakes happen often around Alaska? That is a big one. a reply to: alienjuggalo

To be honest I don't know but I don't hear about too many.

NOAA Tsunami Warning Center - Real Time Advisories
source: wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov...

nvrmd

a reply to: alienjuggalo

Holy hell, that's a big boy... Stay safe folks of Alaska. I will start checking Twitter for reports/pictures....

S&F op

According to RSOE a 7.1 and a 8.0, could be the same just different readings, but definitely a big one, as it's in the ocean it could trigger a tsunami.

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originally posted by: neversaynever
Really stupid question does earthquakes happen often around Alaska? That is a big one. a reply to: alienjuggalo

Yes. Some even larger. But it is definitely a big one.

a reply to: alienjuggalo

And there was also a 7.2 EQ near New Zealand?

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean Tuesday morning, about 76 miles southeast of Raoul Island, New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of damage.
The quake hit near the eastern edge of the Australian tectonic plate, one of the most active seismic regions in the world, according to the USGS.

CNN

Tsunami Warning Center preliminary forecast for magnitude 8.0 Alaska earthquake wave propagation:

originally posted by: jhn7537
Tsunami Warning Center preliminary forecast for magnitude 8.0 Alaska earthquake wave propagation:

That does not look good for the coast uf Alaska. (if Im reading it right)

originally posted by: jhn7537
a reply to: alienjuggalo

And there was also a 7.2 EQ near New Zealand?

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean Tuesday morning, about 76 miles southeast of Raoul Island, New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of damage.
The quake hit near the eastern edge of the Australian tectonic plate, one of the most active seismic regions in the world, according to the USGS.

CNN

Weird how all is quiet, then all of a sudden 2 big ones around the same time in totally different parts of the world. It makes you wonder if earthquakes have "seasons" of a sort..

TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR...

* THE COASTAL AREAS OF ALASKA FROM NIKOLSKI ALASKA TO ATTU
ALASKA


TSUNAMI ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR...

* THE COASTAL AREAS OF ALASKA FROM UNIMAK PASS ALASKA /WHICH
IS LOCATED 80 MILES NE OF UNALASKA/ TO NIKOLSKI ALASKA

* FOR OTHER US AND CANADIAN PACIFIC COASTS IN NORTH AMERICA -
THE LEVEL OF TSUNAMI DANGER IS BEING EVALUATED. FURTHER
INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN SUPPLEMENTARY MESSAGES.


IMPACTS FOR TSUNAMI WARNING AREAS
---------------------------------
* WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS COASTAL FLOODING ACCOMPANIED BY POWERFUL
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER
TSUNAMI ARRIVAL.

* THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.


IMPACTS FOR TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREAS
----------------------------------
* A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS
TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR THE WATER IS EXPECTED.

* CURRENTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS... BOATS... AND COASTAL
STRUCTURES AND MAY CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE TSUNAMI
ARRIVAL.

* THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS - UPDATED
-----------------------------
* IF YOU ARE IN A WARNING AREA - MOVE INLAND TO HIGHER GROUND.

* IF YOU ARE IN AN ADVISORY AREA - MOVE OFF THE BEACH AND OUT OF
HARBORS AND MARINAS. WIDESPREAD INUNDATION OF LAND IS NOT
EXPECTED FOR ADVISORY AREAS.

* BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

* DO NOT GO TO THE COAST TO OBSERVE THE TSUNAMI.

* DO NOT RETURN TO THE COAST UNTIL LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS
INDICATE IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.
ntwc.arh.noaa.gov...

No tsunami threat for Hawaii or California after earthquake strikes Alaska - @RedCrossBayArea

see original on twitter.com

a reply to: alienjuggalo

DId you see USGS downgraded the 7.1 in PNG down to a 6.9. They did that after the second shake, which was a 6.3.
Gosh, I saw the 7.1 and was hoping the pressure wouldn't continue to build!

holy cow people I'm on the Kenai peninsula in the town of Kenai.

do I need to leave work, grab my family and head to higher ground or what?

freakin me out, not kidding. I'm kind of enclosed in the inlet but still live about two blocks from the coast

JT ‏@cbinflux 1m
Breaking: 7.1 & 8.0 Earthquakes In Alaska w/i 20m, 1 hr after 7.2 in NZ,
Tsunami Warnings Issued

Two big EQ's in Alaska?

originally posted by: GoShredAK
holy cow people I'm on the Kenai peninsula in the town of Kenai.

do I need to leave work, grab my family and head to higher ground or what?

I don't know where that is. Hopefully someone else will know but better safe than sorry. Stay safe

a reply to: GoShredAK

Seriously, getting to higher ground cannot hurt. I would, even if nothing happens where you are...As pointed out above, better safe than sorry.