Tsunami Warning Issued After 7.3 Earthquake — Americans Evacuate Coastal Areas

ollowing a significant earthquake that generated a tsunami warning, thousands of Americans along Alaska’s coastline rushed to higher ground on Wednesday, fleeing their houses.

At at 12:38 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET), the US Geological Survey (USGS) recorded a magnitude of 7.3, with its centre in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Sand Point, close to the Shumagin Islands, just south of the Alaska Peninsula.