Magnitude 8.2 Earthquake Hits Alaska Peninsula

Update: US West Coast residents: there will be no further alerts issued for this event. No significant tsunami is expected. Once again, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska - all clear. Strong & unusual currents may continue for the next several hours. -tsunami.gov A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck this evening off of Chignik, Alaska at 11:15 PST. Tsunami warnings and advisories have been issued for Alaska and evacuations are underway. No word on a possible tsunami for PNW coastline yet. Tsunami Watch has been cancelled for Hawaii. Here is the Tsunami update page: https://www.tsunami.gov/ Here is the USGS information page on the earthquake: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f02w/executive