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There is no threat of tsunami after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck southeast Alaska today, officials said. The quake struck at 10:41 a.m. Hawaii time and was centered about 56 miles north of Yakutat, Alaska (population 662), and about 154 miles west of White Horse, Canada, at a depth of about 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
No one died in Washington, though four members of the McKinzie family from Tacoma drowned while camping on a beach in Newport, Oregon. A woman in Gearhart, Oregon, died of a heart attack after a wave hit her home, and 11 people died in Crescent City, California. The quake and tsunami killed 115 people in Alaska.
The quake occurred about 56 miles from Yakutat at a depth of about 6 miles, and was felt by people across the region.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Alaska on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey . The earthquake occurred at 11:41 a.m. local time in northeast of Yakutat, Alaska, the USGS said.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the Alaska–Canada border on Saturday, with tremors felt in Yakutat and Juneau, according to the USGS. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported that there is no tsunami threat. The quake struck at 11:41 a.m. local time on Saturday at a depth of 10 km.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday, but officials quickly downgraded and then canceled a tsunami warning ...
A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake has struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday.