PASANGKAYU, Indonesia — The earthquake shook their home so violently that Iffa Elia’s mother and younger sister fell to the floor, and had to crawl out the door to relative safety. Fearful of everything from aftershocks to looting, they knew they had to get out. But when they arrived at the airport in Palu, one […]
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Wave of finger pointing follows false tsunami alert in Maine
Accuweather misinterpreted a National Weather Service test message and sent out a false alarm on its smartphone app Tuesday morning. Smartphone owners from Maine to Texas who have the AccuWeather app likely did a double take when they received a tsunami warning Tuesday morning. It turned out to be a National Weather Service test that […]
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Alaska hit by 7.9 earthquake; tsunami warning canceled
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Alaska’s Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of the state’s coast and sending some residents fleeing to higher ground. Officials at the National Tsunami Center canceled the warning after a few tense hours after waves failed to show up […]
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Magnitude-7.9 Alaska quake spawns small tsunami
ANCHORAGE — A strong earthquake near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands triggered a tsunami warning Monday, but only small waves measuring several inches hit coastal communities. The National Tsunami Warning Center canceled all tsunami warnings late Monday afternoon, about four hours after the earthquake struck. The magnitude-7.9 earthquake was centered about 13 miles southeast of Little Sitkin […]
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Emergency officials plan for Maine tsunami response
ELLSWORTH — As part of an initiative to improve Maine’s response capabilities to natural disasters, emergency management agencies in the state are reviewing what should be done in the event that a tsunami bears down upon the state’s rocky shore. For some time tsunamis had been assumed to be solely a phenomenon on the West […]