8.0-magnitude earthquake prompts tsunami advisory on Pacific coast
ABC7.com
Monday, June 23, 2014
LOS ANGELES (KABC) —
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck at 1:53 p.m. in Alaska, prompting a tsunami warning for the U.S. Pacific coast. A preliminary report indicated the quake was a 7.1 magnitude. That was revised minutes later to 8.0 by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The warning for Southern California was downgraded to a tsunami advisory by the National Weather Service.
The earthquake struck 244 miles southeast of Abu Station in Alaska, about 15 miles of Little Sitkin Island.
The National Weather Service was evaluating the danger of the tsunami effect. Further details were expected.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.1 miles, according to the USGS.
A second earthquake was reported at 2:30 p.m. Los Angeles time. The second quake registered as a 5.9-magnitude temblor, according to the USGS, downgraded from a 6.2 preliminary estimate from the Pacific Coast Tsunami Warning Center.
