Largest US Quake in Half-century Causes Alaska Little Damage
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is investigating the risk of tsunami to Hawaii.
A United States Geological Survey “shake map” of the earthquake off the Alaska peninsula on July 29.
Source: USGS
Anchorage, Alaska (AP) -- The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday.
The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was reported about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, and it struck just south of the Alaska Peninsula, nearly 500 miles (804.67 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage. The quake was about 60 miles (96.56 kilometers) offshore and 29 miles (46 kilometers) below the surface of the North Pacific Ocean, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.