Tsunami warning canceled after 7.2-magnitude quake strikes off Alaska
SAN FRANCISCO. June 24. KAZINFORM A tsunami warning was canceled after briefly in effect after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Alaska's sparsely populated Fox Islands Thursday night. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
According to latest information posted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck at around 06:10 p.m. local time Thursday (0310 GMT, Friday). The focus is at a depth of 62.6 km in the Pacific Ocean, 64 km southwest of Amukta Island and 1,677 km from Anchorage, the largest city in the U.S. state.
The USGS first said the quake was 7.4 magnitude on the Richter scale, then lowered it to 7.2.
There have been so far no reports of injuries or damages.
A Tsunami warning issued by the U.S. West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center was briefly in effect for coastal areas of Alaska from Unimak Pass to Amchitka Pass, two straits located in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
The center later canceled the warning after it determined waves from the earthquake posed no wide spread destructive threats.
"No destructive tsunami has been recorded, and no tsunami danger exists along the coasts of the U.S. west coast states, Alaska, and British Columbia," said the center. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com for full version