A devastating earthquake strikes the coast of Alaska, USA, and tsunami warnings are issued
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The US Geological Survey issued a tsunami warning following a 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the Alaskan Peninsula late Wednesday local time.
The agency stated that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km.
For its part, the US Tsunami Warning System, which estimated the magnitude of the earthquake at 8.1, issued a tsunami warning for the US territory of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
According to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center, the magnitude of the Alaska earthquake was 8, and it occurred at a depth of 10 km.
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