M 2.6 Ice Quake - 53 km E of Juneau, Alaska. The level of tsunami danger is being evaluated for other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America, according to the NWS. The Earthquake Event Page application supports most recent browsers. “Based on all available data there is no tsunami threat,” the National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Kodiak is near the northwestern tip of Kodiak Island, which is the largest island in Alaska and is the second-largest island in the US.Ī tsunami watch had been issued for Hawaii but was later canceled. Police in Kodiak, the largest town on the island of Kodiak, advised residents after the quake to move to high ground, adding that the high school was open as an evacuation location.Īs the alerts changed from warnings to advisories, the Kodiak Police Department said in a message, “Kodiak has been downgraded to Tsunami Advisory status however we are not all clear.” “A tsunami was generated by this event, but no longer poses a threat,” the center said. When it comes to earthquakes, size matters but so does the terrain Credit: USGS / Ben Brooks Ben Brooks/USGS/JPL/NASA 6 As water drains into the ground, it may eventually freeze and expand under colder temperatures, putting stress on its surroundings.
A USGS Earthquake Science Center Mobile Laser Scanning truck scans the surface rupture near the zone of maximum surface displacement of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck the Ridgecrest area. A cryoseism, ice quake or frost quake, 1 2 3 4 is a seismic event caused by a sudden cracking action in frozen soil or rock saturated with water or ice, 5 or by stresses generated at frozen lakes.
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