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Powerful Quake Shakes Alaska Towns, Creates Small Tsunami
A United States Geological Survey ‘shakemap’ showing the earthquake off the coast of Alaska, on July 22.
Source: USGS
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Anchorage, Alaska (AP) -- A powerful earthquake off Alaska’s southern coast shook sparsely populated coastal communities late Tuesday and prompted some residents to briefly flee to higher ground because of tsunami fears.
There were no immediate reports of damage in the Alaska Peninsula and the tsunami warning was canceled after the magnitude 7.8 quake offshore created a wave of a less than a foot (30 centimeters).