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Bering Sea Earthquake: Alaska Tsunami Warning Canceled
The quake was measured at magnitude 7.4 when it struck in the Komandorskiye Ostrova region of Russian, about 1,400 miles east of Anchorage.
ANCHORAGE, AK — A tsunami advisory has been canceled for parts of the Pacific including Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands and Russia following a powerful earthquake in the Bering Sea.
The National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, canceled the advisory because the tsunami no longer posed a threat.
Tue Jul 18 01:09:10 UTC 2017 event picture pic.twitter.com/rnJnbps0V3
— NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) July 18, 2017
The center cautioned waves could reach up to 3 feet above the tide level. But waves later Monday were reported only 6 inches above tide at the sparsely populated Shemya, Alaska, site of a remote Air Force station in the extreme western Aleutians.
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The quake was initially measured at magnitude 7.4 when it struck just after 3:30 p.m. AKDT in the Komandorskiye Ostrova region of Russia, roughly 1,400 miles east of Anchorage.
CANCELLATION: M7.8 120mi SE Bering I., Komandorski 1634PDT Jul 17: Check with local officials for all clear
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— NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) July 18, 2017
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