Siła trzęsienia oceniana jest na 8,0 do 8,2 magnitudy. Jak podaje portal BBC: „To nadzwyczajne zagrożenie dla życia i własności”. Zaleca się, by ludność z zagrożonych terenów udała się w wyższe partie regionu, oddalone od wybrzeża.
BREAKING: Magnitude 8.0 #earthquake struck 175 miles southeast of Kodiak, AK at 1:32a.m. PST. #Tsunami warnings issued from British Columbia to the Aleutian Islands. Tsunami watch for U.S. West Coast, #Hawaii. https://t.co/lJIsnqHW3E pic.twitter.com/KVKnhluqnK
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) January 23, 2018
OKAY THIS WOKE ME UP NOW IM SCARED #Alaska #Tsunami pic.twitter.com/OD0a1P97ED
— ∞ (@karamelsroyalty) January 23, 2018
#BREAKING Not a drill.#Earthquake 175 miles SE of Kodiak, AK. #Tsunami Warnings and Watches have been issued from Alaska to California including Hawaii. pic.twitter.com/FDshmqVFDa
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) January 23, 2018
Alaska quake prompts tsunami alert https://t.co/d05Hl5Y65i
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 23, 2018