At 1:32 am, Pacific Standard Time on January 23 an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.2 occurred 175 miles southeast of Kodiak City Alaska. Earthquake magnitude was downgraded to a 7.9 approximately 30 minutes later.
A Tsunami Warning was immediately issued for the coastal communities of Alaska and Canada. A Tsunami Watch was issued for the entire California Coast and the Hawaiian Islands.
Estimated tsunami start times for selected sites were predicted to be:
Neah Bay Washington 450 AM. PST. January 23.
Long Beach Washington 455 AM. PST. January 23.
Moclips Washington 500 AM. PST. January 23.
Port Orford Oregon 505 AM. PST. January 23.
Seaside Oregon 505 AM. PST. January 23.
Westport Washington 505 AM. PST. January 23.
Newport Oregon 510 AM. PST. January 23.
Charleston Oregon 510 AM. PST. January 23.
Brookings Oregon 515 AM. PST. January 23.
Crescent City California 520 AM. PST. January 23.
Fort Bragg California 525 AM. PST. January 23.
At 4:15 am the Tsunami watch was canceled for coastal areas of WA, OR and CA. A small tsunami was generated in AK, but this event does not pose a threat to WA, OR or CA coastal areas.
Officials at the National Tsunami Center canceled the warning after a few tense hours after waves failed to materialize in coastal Alaska communities. No serious damage had been reported.
There are several different types of tsunami messages: Warnings, Advisories, Watches, and Information Statements. Know the difference between each of these and what to do if one is issued for your location.
According to a statement by both the Curry County Office of Emergency Services and the Del Norte Office of Emergency Services, the emergency alert system was not used last night for the tsunami watch.
After working with state and local partners to verify there was not a threat. Curry County Office of Emergency Services and the Del Norte Office of Emergency Services chose not to wake the resident’s of the community up in the middle of the night.
Authorities considered that this might cause more alarm because of the hour of the night. Bi-Coastal media and social media personnel were activated and radio got immediately on the air for those residents that were awake and social media and preparedelnorte.com were updated as well. The system is working and was ready to launch from the sheriff department to almost 21,000 residents that have signed up.
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