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General Weather/Earth Sciences Topics => Earth Sciences => Topic started by: weather34 on January 23, 2018, 05:08:43 AM
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Massive earthquake 8.2 alaska 23rd Jan 2018
Tsunami Warning in Effect for;
* BRITISH COLUMBIA, The Juan de Fuca Strait coast, the outer
west coast of Vancouver Island, the central coast and
northeast Vancouver Island, and the north coast and Haida
Gwaii
* SOUTHEAST ALASKA, The inner and outer coast from The
BC/Alaska Border to Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE
of Yakutat)
* SOUTH ALASKA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA, Pacific coasts from
Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE of Yakutat) to Unimak
Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska)
* ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of
Unalaska) to Attu, Alaska including the Pribilof Islands
Tsunami Watch in Effect for;
* CALIFORNIA, The coast from The Cal./Mexico Border to The
Oregon/Cal. Border including San Francisco Bay
* OREGON, The coast from The Oregon/Cal. Border to The
Oregon/Wash. Border including the Columbia River estuary
coast
* WASHINGTON, Outer coast from the Oregon/Washington border
to Slip Point, Columbia River estuary coast, and the Juan
de Fuca Strait coast
(http://res.cloudinary.com/brian-underdown/image/upload/v1516702047/depr_wow82d.png)
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M 7.9 - 280km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
2018-01-23 09:31:42 UTC 56.046°N 149.073°W 25.0 km depth
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000cmy3#executive
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Alert: ...THE TSUNAMI WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON
COAST...NORTH OREGON COAST...AND CENTRAL COAST OF OREGON...
A small tsunami was observed Alaska, but this event does not pose
a threat to the coastal areas of Washington and Oregon.
Once again, the tsunami watch has ended for the coastal areas of
Washington and Oregon.
This will be the final bulletin issued by the National Weather
Service in Portland Oregon.
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Seems like one of the few places in the world where an 8 doesn't really do a whole lot. At least we haven't heard of anything yet.