Alaska earthquake PANIC: Cars queue as people desperately try to escape tsunami warning
THE Alaska earthquake sparked panic after a tsunami warning was issued across the USA and Canada after the 8.2-Magnitude quake struck some 160 miles off the coast of Alaska.
Alaska earthquake: Tsunami warning prompts mass attempts to flee to high ground
Tsunami danger on the coast. Go to high ground or move inland. Listen to local news
NWS
With people being told to travel to higher ground with the threat of a tsunami looming, panicked residents queued in carparks as they desperately tired to escape.
Other social media video captured the moment concerned residents made their way to safety while the siren rings out.
The NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that, based on the preliminary earthquake parameters, "widespread hazardous tsunami waves were possible".
A buoy has recorded a wave of 10-metres (32ft) just northeast of the epicentre of the Alaska earthquake.
Experts suggest the first waves could start hitting from 1.45 am, in the town of Kodiak.
A map from the tsunami warning system showed the travel times for any potential waves.
According to their estimates, any tsunami would take at least three hours to strike the lower 49 states.
Only four earthquakes with a greater magnitude have ever been recorded in the USA.
Alaska earthquake: Latest tsunami warning maps
Tue, January 23, 2018
Alaska has been hit by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake sparking a tsunami warning across the US west coast, Hawaii and Canada as well as Alaska
And all of them were in Alaska, causing a tsunami on each occasion.
The most powerful earthquake was on March 27, 1964, when a 9.2 magnitude quake killed 139 people.
People in areas at risk from the tsunami threat have been warned of the dangers by text message.
Those in affected areas have been urged to seek high ground.
In a warning for Alaska and British Columbia, Anchorage Office of Emergency Management said: “If you are located in this coastal area, move inland to higher ground. Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant inundation is possible or is already occurring.”
Japan's meteorological agency said it was monitoring the situation but has not issued a tsunami alert.
Alaska earthquake PANIC: Cars queue as people desperately try to escape tsunami warning
THE Alaska earthquake sparked panic after a tsunami warning was issued across the USA and Canada after the 8.2-Magnitude quake struck some 160 miles off the coast of Alaska.
Alaska earthquake: Tsunami warning prompts mass attempts to flee to high ground
Tsunami danger on the coast. Go to high ground or move inland. Listen to local news
NWS
With people being told to travel to higher ground with the threat of a tsunami looming, panicked residents queued in carparks as they desperately tired to escape.
Other social media video captured the moment concerned residents made their way to safety while the siren rings out.
The NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that, based on the preliminary earthquake parameters, "widespread hazardous tsunami waves were possible".
A buoy has recorded a wave of 10-metres (32ft) just northeast of the epicentre of the Alaska earthquake.
Experts suggest the first waves could start hitting from 1.45 am, in the town of Kodiak.
A map from the tsunami warning system showed the travel times for any potential waves.
According to their estimates, any tsunami would take at least three hours to strike the lower 49 states.
Only four earthquakes with a greater magnitude have ever been recorded in the USA.
Alaska earthquake: Latest tsunami warning maps
Tue, January 23, 2018
Alaska has been hit by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake sparking a tsunami warning across the US west coast, Hawaii and Canada as well as Alaska
And all of them were in Alaska, causing a tsunami on each occasion.
The most powerful earthquake was on March 27, 1964, when a 9.2 magnitude quake killed 139 people.
People in areas at risk from the tsunami threat have been warned of the dangers by text message.
Those in affected areas have been urged to seek high ground.
In a warning for Alaska and British Columbia, Anchorage Office of Emergency Management said: “If you are located in this coastal area, move inland to higher ground. Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant inundation is possible or is already occurring.”
Japan's meteorological agency said it was monitoring the situation but has not issued a tsunami alert.
Alaska earthquake PANIC: Cars queue as people desperately try to escape tsunami warning
THE Alaska earthquake sparked panic after a tsunami warning was issued across the USA and Canada after the 8.2-Magnitude quake struck some 160 miles off the coast of Alaska.
Alaska earthquake: Tsunami warning prompts mass attempts to flee to high ground
Tsunami danger on the coast. Go to high ground or move inland. Listen to local news
NWS
With people being told to travel to higher ground with the threat of a tsunami looming, panicked residents queued in carparks as they desperately tired to escape.
Other social media video captured the moment concerned residents made their way to safety while the siren rings out.
The NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that, based on the preliminary earthquake parameters, "widespread hazardous tsunami waves were possible".
A buoy has recorded a wave of 10-metres (32ft) just northeast of the epicentre of the Alaska earthquake.
Experts suggest the first waves could start hitting from 1.45 am, in the town of Kodiak.
A map from the tsunami warning system showed the travel times for any potential waves.
According to their estimates, any tsunami would take at least three hours to strike the lower 49 states.
Only four earthquakes with a greater magnitude have ever been recorded in the USA.
Alaska earthquake: Latest tsunami warning maps
Tue, January 23, 2018
Alaska has been hit by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake sparking a tsunami warning across the US west coast, Hawaii and Canada as well as Alaska
And all of them were in Alaska, causing a tsunami on each occasion.
The most powerful earthquake was on March 27, 1964, when a 9.2 magnitude quake killed 139 people.
People in areas at risk from the tsunami threat have been warned of the dangers by text message.
Those in affected areas have been urged to seek high ground.
In a warning for Alaska and British Columbia, Anchorage Office of Emergency Management said: “If you are located in this coastal area, move inland to higher ground. Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant inundation is possible or is already occurring.”
Japan's meteorological agency said it was monitoring the situation but has not issued a tsunami alert.
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