A tsunami advisory was issued early Sunday for parts of coastal Alaska after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the area.
ABCNewsPreliminary data placed the quake about 55 miles southwest of Sand Point, Alaska, the National Weather Service said. It had initially been measured at a magnitude of 7.
The center's earlier update had been an advisory, urged locals near the coast to "move off the beach and out of harbors and marinas." In a brief tsunami warning before the advisory, weather officials had listed times spanning about 90 minutes when tsunami waves were expected to hit the shore "from Chignik Bay to Unimak Pass."on Twitter in announcing the earlier warning. "Move inland to higher ground."Copyright © 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures.
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