7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Alaska; tsunami warning canceled

[Coyotl]

Source: CNN

A tsunami warning was canceled early Saturday for portions of British Columbia, Canada, and southeastern Alaska, officials said.

The warning was issued following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Alaska 63 miles west of Craig, a town on Prince of Wales Island, and 208 miles south of the capital of Juneau, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The size of the temblor, which struck at 3:58 a.m. ET, off the coast of Alaska was downgraded by the USGS from 7.7 to 7.5.

There were no initial reports of damage

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/05/us/alaska-earthquake/index.html

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Big Quake, False Alarm.

[OccupyManny]

1. From fracking no doubt.

[dipsydoodle]

3. 90 miles off the coast ?

[Coyotl]

4. This is a common Pacific Rim event.

There are colliding tectonic plates all around the Pacific Rim.
What we need to prepare for is a 7.8 or greater in Seattle and Portland.

[think]

7. Perhaps it was caused by

an avalanche of sarcasm.....

Welcome to Sarcastaball. The last great American sport.....No really....

[Posteritatis]

10. *facepalm* (nt)

[Blue_In_AK]

12. Alaska is famous for earthquakes

They've been going on here for millennia.

[valerief]

2. Melting Arctic. nt

[Ford_Prefect]

5. Another sign of the country moving further left of the new Congress.

[madrchsod]

6. good idea to drill right in the center of a active earthquake vault...

what could go wrong?

[Coyotl]

11. You might want to take a geology course.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. The drilling is on the North Slope

almost 1,200 air miles away. There is no oil drilling going on in Southeast Alaska.

[musical_soul]

8. Glad to hear the tsunami warning is gone.

[alfredo]

9. Just saw a good aftershock. I use GEE to monitor stations around the world.

http://www.seis.sc.edu/gee/