A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Alaska Peninsula region in the United States of America. The US Tsunami Warning System has issued a warning of tsunami after the earthquake.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.4 and the epicentre was 106 km south of Sand Point in Alaska.
The USGS also informed that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.3 km.
The agency cancelled the tsunami advisory about an hour after the first alert. Before the cancellation, the National Weather Service in Anchorage, Alaska, tweeted that the tsunami advisory applied to coastal Alaska from Chignik Bay to Unimak Pass, but Kodiak Island and the Kenai Peninsula were not expected to be impacted.
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The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency said shortly after the tsunami warning went out that there was no threat to the islands.
According to the reports, there were an estimated eight aftershocks in the same area of Alaska, including one measuring 5.0 magnitude within three minutes of the original earthquake. It was also reported that the residents were advised not to reoccupy hazard zones without clearance from local emergency officials and small sea level changes were still possible.
