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[JakeDoesTheWalk]

What do people think about the potential for a tsunami in Alaska? I've never heard of such a thing happening anywhere near the US. What do you think recovery may look like for them? That and the aftermath.

 

[Isidore]

This doesn't belong in Breaking News. You might want to delete it and repost in a more appropriate forum.

 

[BitterPill]

This doesn't belong in Breaking News. You might want to delete it and repost in a more appropriate forum.

Too late.

 

[Helix]

7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Alaska's Aleutian Islands; Tsunami Warning Expired | Weather.com

Parts of southern Alaska felt light shaking, but a larger tsunami threat didn't materialize.

weather.com

 

[Perotista]

What do people think about the potential for a tsunami in Alaska? I've never heard of such a thing happening anywhere near the US. What do you think recovery may look like for them? That and the aftermath.

In March 1964, when a 9.2-magnitude earthquake devastated Anchorage and unleashed a tsunami that killed more than 250 people. Then there is the Cascadia fault or subduction zone which could cause tremendous tsunamis on the west coast of the U.S.

https://www.noaa.gov/jetstream/tsunamis/tsunami-locations/jetstream-max-cascadia-subduction-zone