M8.2 south of Alaska Peninsula - Jul 29

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M8.2 south of Alaska Peninsula - Jul 29

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Occurred 104 km SE of Perryville, Alaska, at 32.2 km deep, at 6:15pm last night NZST (10:15pm LT).

Small tsunami waves measuring under a foot above tide level were observed in Alaska.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes ... /executive
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Re: M8.2 south of Alaska Peninsula - Jul 29

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the media sure liked to try and be first to bring the breaking news and possible Tsunami
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