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Alaskan, Canadian Tsunami Warning Cancelled

By on January 5, 2013
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(AP)  OFFICIALS HAVE CANCELED A TSUNAMI WARNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN ALASKA AND COASTAL CANADA.

THE ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER SAYS A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED BY A STRONG, 7.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE, BUT THE WAVES DON’T POSE A THREAT TO THE AREAS.  THE CENTER SAYS SOME AREAS ARE SEEING SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES, BUT THERE WILL BE NO WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WAVE.  THE MORE THAN 700-MILE WARNING AREA HAD INCLUDED COASTAL AREAS FROM CAPE FAIRWEATHER, ALASKA, TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA.

THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS THE QUAKE STRUCK ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF CRAIG, ALASKA.