Major earthquake off Alaska puts entire West Coast on tsunami alert

[Redondo]

Major earthquake off Alaska puts entire West Coast on tsunami alert

A large 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Alaska's Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of coastal Alaska and Canada's British Columbia and watch for the remainder of the West Coast.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was recorded about at 12:31 a.m. local tim about 155 miles off of Chiniak, Alaska and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said "widespread hazardous tsunami waves were possible."

"If you are located in this coastal area, move inland to higher ground," the Anchorage Office of Emergency Management said. "Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant inundation is possible or is already occurring. Tsunamis are a series of waves dangerous many hours after initial arrival time. The first wave may not be the largest."

 

 

 

[gotbeer]

This is probably good news in regards to the tsunami.

Tsunami warning for B.C.'s coast is cancelled

Alaska hit by 7.9 earthquake; tsunami warning canceled

So Alaska and Canada are safe.  

Will hit at 9 am and 10 am, might be eastern time.  So 7 am, just in time for morning coffee.

Edited January 23, 2018 by gotbeer

[gotbeer]

Looks like CA is safe also.

Tsunami watch cancelled for Calif. after 7.9 magnitude quake in Alaska

Back to waiting for Giant Meteor.

[fan_since79]

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Looks like CA is safe also.

Tsunami watch cancelled for Calif. after 7.9 magnitude quake in Alaska

Back to waiting for Giant Meteor.

The good news is there's virtually no chance of one of those hitting the earth over the next hundred years or so.

from NASA: No known asteroid poses a significant risk of impact with Earth over the next 100 years.  The highest risk of impact for a known asteroid is a 1 in 714 chance of impact by an asteroid designated 2009 FD in 2185, meaning that the possibility that it could impact then is less than 0.2 percent. The Sentry Impact Risk Table, which is maintained by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Center for NEO Studies, is updated continuously as new asteroids are discovered and known asteroids are further observed.

https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/faq

Edited January 23, 2018 by fan_since79

[Blarg]

7.9 earthquake and no reports of damage?

[gotbeer]

35 minutes ago, Blarg said:

7.9 earthquake and no reports of damage?

3 bears were woken up when a few rocks fell on them while they were sleeping.  And a crab was flipped over but his friends helped him right himself.  They all vowed to rebuild.

[Taylor]

In other news, Vlad wants to go into the HOF as an Expo.

Oh wait, that was cancelled too.