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5.0-magnitude quake hits Alaska Peninsula

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted the Alaska Peninsula at 0727 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said

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Alaska fishermen and processing plants are in limbo as a state-backed seafood company teeters

The fishing fleet in the Southwest Alaska town of King Cove would have been harvesting Pacific cod this winter. But they couldn’t: Skippers had nowhere to sell their catch. The enormous plant that usually buys and processes their fish never opened for the winter season. The company that runs the plant, Peter Pan Seafoods, is […] The post Alaska fishermen and processing plants are in limbo as a state-backed seafood company teeters appeared first on Alaska Beacon.

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Alaska's popular Fat Bear Week could be postponed if the government shuts down

A looming government shutdown threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week. Alaska's most-watched popularity contest, Fat Bear Week involves residents picking their favorite fat brown bear who's been stocking up for winter by noshing on salmon in Katmai National Park & Preserve. Problem is, national park employees count and release those votes — and a shutdown won't allow them to do so because it would trigger a ban on using the park's official social media accounts for as long as the government is closed.

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Tsunami warning lifted after earthquake off Alaska coast

A tsunami warning for Southern Alaska was lifted two hours after it was issued Saturday night, after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Anchorage downgraded the alert to a tsunami advisory about an hour after it first went out, and ultimately cancelled the…

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7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes near Alaska Peninsula, prompting brief tsunami warning

Preliminary data placed the quake about 55 miles southwest of Sand Point, Alaska, the National Weather Service said. It had initially been measured at a magnitude of 7.4, the United States Geological Survey said on Twitter. In Kodiak, Alaska, sirens sounded late at night, according to a video posted on social media.

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Magnitude 7.2 earthquake near Alaska Peninsula prompts brief Tsunami Warning

A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaska Peninsula late Saturday night, prompting the National Weather Service's National Tsunami Warning Center to issue a brief Tsunami Warning for areas south of Anchorage.

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Tsunami warning lifted after earthquake off Alaska coast

A tsunami warning for Southern Alaska was lifted two hours after it was issued Saturday night, after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Anchorage downgraded the alert to a tsunami advisory about an hour after it first went out, and ultimately cancelled the…

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