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Only minimal damage reported after Alaska's largest earthquake in over a half century
A day after the largest earthquake in the United States in over 50 years struck off the coast of Alaska, damage reports were minimal and no big wave was recorded.
The earthquake struck off the coast of the sparsely-populated Alaska Peninsula at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, and seismologists recorded the event at a magnitude of 8.2, which produced about a 7-inch wave Wednesday evening.
At King Cove, in the Aleutians, pantry shelves were left empty after more than a minute of shaking sent loose items to the floor. Shaking was felt throughout the Alaska Peninsula as well as in Anchorage and on the Kenai Peninsula.
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Tsunami warnings were called off under two hours later, after Unalaska to Homer, Kodiak and Seward moved to higher ground.
Read more: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/07/29/a-day-after-alaskas-largest-earthquake-in-over-half-a-century-no-big-wave-minimal-damage/
(Anchorage Daily News)