USGS Ua hōʻike ʻia he ōlaʻi ikaika 7.5 i hahau i ka hema o Alaska, e hoʻolalelale ana i ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ke ōlaʻi ma kahi o 55 mau mile (90km) hema o Sand Point, Alaska ma ka Pōʻakahi, ma kahi hohonu o kahi kokoke i 25 mau mile (40km).
Ua hoʻolaha ka National Weather Service i kahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo o ke kai eʻe no nā kamaʻāina ma South Alaska a me ka Peninsula ʻo Alaska ma hope koke o ka hū ʻana, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia ke loiloi ʻia ka pae pilikia no "nā kahakai ʻo US a me Kanada ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika." ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā ʻeha a i ʻole nā poino kino.
Ua noi ʻia ka poʻe ma ka ʻāina i hoʻopilikia ʻia e haʻalele i uka a i ʻole i kahi kiʻekiʻe, a e haʻalele i kahakai, a me nā awa, nā marinas a me nā kai kūʻono. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kekahi ʻano o nā haʻalulu ma hope ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu ma hope o ka jolt mua, ʻelua ka nui ma 5.8 a me 5.2 magnitude, ʻelua ma luna o 60 mau mile (100km) hema o Sand Point, kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma Alaska Peninsula me ka heluna o 1,000 wale nō.
Ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kahawai ʻo Alaska, ua ʻōlelo aku nā luna ma British Columbia, Kanada e loiloi ana lākou i ka hopena o ke kai eʻe, e noi ana i nā poʻe noho e kū no nā mea hou inā e noi ʻia lākou e haʻalele.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The National Weather Service announced a tsunami warning for residents in South Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula soon after the jolt, but said the risk level is still being evaluated for “other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America.
- Those in the affected region have been asked to evacuate inland or to higher ground, and to keep away from the coast, as well as harbors, marinas and bays.
- Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ke ōlaʻi ma kahi o 55 mau mile (90km) hema o Sand Point, Alaska ma ka Pōʻakahi, ma kahi hohonu o kahi kokoke i 25 mau mile (40km).
