Magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes off coast of Alaska

[EpicSpoon]

[QUOTE]A tsunami alert has been issued after an 8.0-strength earthquake was recorded off the southern Alaskan coast in the US.

The quake struck some 300km south-east of Kodiak at a depth of 10km at 09:31 GMT, the US Geological Survey said.

The US National Weather Service said the alert was in effect for areas including California and the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42786107[/url]

Depth was quite shallow as well, hopefully everyone is safe up there.

[octopod]

just got a tsunami warning in hawaii too, wish us luck

[MILKE]

Make sure you have the high ground if you're in the danger zone

Best of luck to everyone involved

[Nomad]

I live in BC and got a warning. Looks like where I live though i'll be shielded from Vancouver Island.

[EoB]

[QUOTE=Nomad;53074408]I live in BC and got a warning. Looks like where I live though i'll be shielded from Vancouver Island.[/QUOTE]

Same here, gosh bless Victoria.

[arcticdrinker]

Anchorage, AK here. First earthquake I ever felt, had no idea why everything was shaking until someone explained it

[TheSyntaX]

Wtf, Indonesia also hit by earthquake at same time?

[Cruncy]

Japan, Indonesia and Alaska.

[.𓃉𓁿𓂎𓁿𓃉.]

i had heard that this year was going to be an especially active one on the ring of fire. here's hoping the cascadia fault doesn't go off

[Sumap]

[video]https://youtu.be/6zbZw9wXOdw[/video]

[Zenolisk]

Any updates on this?

[ithon]

[QUOTE=soliv;53076803]Any updates on this?[/QUOTE]

had no problems on the California coast.

[Dajukester]

There sure has been a lot of earthquakes, big and small, lately here in California and just around the Pacific. What is the reasoning behind such a bump in tectonic activity? Is the "Big One" on its way now?