Alaska Earthquake: Magnitude 7.2 Temblor Strikes In Pacific Ocean

Alaska Earthquake: Magnitude 7.2 Temblor Strikes In Pacific Ocean

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.The center says the Thursday evening quake was felt through the central Aleutians and as far east as Dutch Harbor and Unalaska. There are no immediate reports of damage.The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center posted a tsunami warning for certain coastal areas of Alaska, but canceled the warning about an hour after the quake. The warning covered an area from 80 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor to about 125 miles west of Adak.



A tsunami warning issued for the west coast of North America from the Mexican border to Alaska soon after the quake struck was later canceled."No destructive tsunami has been recorded, and no tsunami danger exists along the coasts of the US west coast states, Alaska, and British Columbia," the US West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said Thursday night.