{"id":38695,"date":"2025-07-16T23:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tsunami-warning-downgraded-to-advisory-after-7-2-magnitude-earthquake-near-alaska\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T23:25:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:25:02","slug":"tsunami-warning-downgraded-to-advisory-after-7-2-magnitude-earthquake-near-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/tsunami-warning-downgraded-to-advisory-after-7-2-magnitude-earthquake-near-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunami warning downgraded to advisory after 7.2 magnitude earthquake near Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A major earthquake off <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/earthquake-alaska-tsuani-warning-evacuations-kodiak\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Alaska<\/a><\/span> with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has prompted a tsunami advisory for the state&#8217;s southern peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>The tsunami advisory was downgraded from an initial tsunami warning Wednesday afternoon after the earthquake struck about 50 miles south of Sand Point, Alaska, at around 12:38 p.m. local time, according to the National Weather Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multiple aftershocks have been reported near Sand Point, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/16\/42c0e919-b34c-4563-b2b8-9bb6e3b2ec4d\/thumbnail\/620x531\/ce4fdc073afbd416d609b3ad5f96b31f\/ap25197784043036.jpg#\" alt=\"Alaska-Quake \" height=\"531\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/16\/42c0e919-b34c-4563-b2b8-9bb6e3b2ec4d\/thumbnail\/620x531\/ce4fdc073afbd416d609b3ad5f96b31f\/ap25197784043036.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/16\/42c0e919-b34c-4563-b2b8-9bb6e3b2ec4d\/thumbnail\/1240x1062\/da8093331c1fe6a9c9dbe3516107867f\/ap25197784043036.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A strong earthquake Wednesday off the Alaska coast triggered a tsunami warning. (AP Graphic)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Kevin S. Vineys \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/19RpdDbHXq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Videos posted to social media<\/a> showed people in the town of Seward evacuating to higher ground after receiving the tsunami warning. The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USCGArctic\/status\/1945607248342143168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska<\/a> said it was also evacuating personnel at its base in Kodiak to higher ground, asking residents to heed warnings from NWS and local officials.<\/p>\n<p>People are urged to stay out of the water and away from beaches and waterways until the tsunami advisory is canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Snider, a tsunami warning coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told CBS affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskasnewssource.com\/2025\/07\/16\/tsunami-warning-issued-following-73-quake-along-aleutians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KTUU-TV<\/a> that a tsunami has been confirmed and those along the southwestern coastline will still see some impact, but large, widespread waves aren&#8217;t expected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The good news is this event happened in shallow water,&#8221; Snider told KTUU. &#8220;We&#8217;re not expecting to see a large inundation of water coming up on shore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The depth of the earthquake was approximately 12 miles, according to NOAA.<\/p>\n<p>The impacted areas spanned the Kennedy Entrance, a channel that connects the Gulf of Alaska to Cook Inlet, to Unimak Pass, which is just to the west of Unimak Island at the end of the peninsula. There was no danger to Anchorage, the state&#8217;s most populous city, as of 5:30 p.m. ET, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSAnchorage\/status\/1945592690596282575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NWS Anchorage<\/a>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/16\/8c187992-9389-4f4a-9945-995a5e720698\/thumbnail\/620x367\/037d9d610ff5549e92a00244829681f7\/screenshot-2025-07-16-at-5-05-44-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-07-16-at-5-05-44-pm.png \" height=\"367\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/16\/8c187992-9389-4f4a-9945-995a5e720698\/thumbnail\/620x367\/037d9d610ff5549e92a00244829681f7\/screenshot-2025-07-16-at-5-05-44-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A tsunami warning was issued after 7.2 magnitude earthquake near Alaska.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                www.tsunami.gov<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The quake was felt throughout the Alaska Peninsula and southern Alaska, the Alaska Earthquake Center said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake also struck the region. It was located approximately 40 miles southeast of Atka Island, the earthquake center said.<\/p>\n<p>Alaska&#8217;s southern coast is situated along the seismically active Pacific &#8220;Ring of Fire.&#8221; The strongest ever recorded earthquake in North America occurred there in March 1964, when a 9.2-magnitude earthquake devastated Anchorage and unleashed a tsunami that killed more than 250 people.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. 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