{"id":2871,"date":"2025-07-17T03:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/magnitude-7-1-quake-triggers-tsunami-warning-for-parts-of-alaska\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T03:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:15:12","slug":"magnitude-7-1-quake-triggers-tsunami-warning-for-parts-of-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/magnitude-7-1-quake-triggers-tsunami-warning-for-parts-of-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 7.1 quake triggers tsunami warning for parts of Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-images norender-embeds ui-sortable\">\n<figure contenteditable=\"false\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"true\" class>A representational image of a Richter scale measuring earthquake. &mdash; Unsplash\/File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the US state of Alaska on Wednesday, prompting a tsunami warning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.<\/p>\n<p>The quake occurred at approximately 12:37 local time (2037 GMT), with the epicentre located around 54 miles (87 kilometres) south of the island town of Sand Point, according to USGS. The quake had a relatively shallow depth of 20.1 kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities issued a tsunami warning for South Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula following the tremor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A tsunami has been confirmed and some impacts are expected,&rdquo; said the National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>The warning was issued for &ldquo;South Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula, Pacific coasts from Kennedy Entrance, Alaska (40 miles south-west of Homer) to Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles north-east of Unalaska),&rdquo; the centre said.<\/p>\n<p>Based on initial data, tsunami warnings were not extended to other regions, the NTWC added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Alaska lies within the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire.<\/p>\n<p>The remote state was hit by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake in March 1964 &mdash; the strongest ever recorded in North America. It devastated the city of Anchorage and triggered a tsunami that struck the Gulf of Alaska, the US west coast, and Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>More than 250 people were killed by the earthquake and resulting tsunami.<\/p>\n<p>A 7.2-magnitude quake struck off the Alaskan Peninsula in July 2023, though no major damage was reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Magnitude 7.1 quake triggers tsunami warning for parts of Alaska<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A representational image of a Richter scale measuring earthquake. &mdash; Unsplash\/File LOS ANGELES: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the US state of Alaska on Wednesday, prompting a tsunami warning, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake occurred at approximately 12:37 local time (2037 GMT), with the epicentre located around 54 miles&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/magnitude-7-1-quake-triggers-tsunami-warning-for-parts-of-alaska\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Magnitude 7.1 quake triggers tsunami warning for parts of Alaska&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}