The first waves of the tsunami were recorded in four districts of Alaska after the earthquake of the magnitude of 8.2. This is reported by the statement of the American Center for Tsunami Prevention (NWS) in twitter .
We are talking about areas near the cities of Sand Point, King Cove, Kodiak and Old Harbor. According to the center, the maximum wave height reached 20 centimeters.
At the same time later NSW wrote that all alerts about the threat of tsunami for the coast of Alaska and Aleutian islands Removed.
The earthquake occurred at 97 kilometers southeast of the chignic settlement, at a depth of more than 17 kilometers. “Possible threat of tsunami from a long-earth earthquake,” said meteorological service.
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