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US tsunami warning issued after 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Alaska Peninsula region (news.sky.com)
submitted 1d ago by Zhukov-74
DauOfFlyingTiger 363 points 1d ago
Kodiak Island and Western Kenai Peninsula
miskdub 76 points 1d ago
kodiak down to advisory
ImpossibleMindset 951 points 1d ago
Tsunami warning for where?
EDIT: Only as far as the Alaskan southern coast. Apparently sky news doesn't think location is an important detail for disaster warnings. It's not like tsunamis have a habit of crossing large bodies of water.
EDIT: Only as far as the Alaskan southern coast. Apparently sky news doesn't think location is an important detail for disaster warnings. It's not like tsunamis have a habit of crossing large bodies of water.
Seaside_choom 155 points 23h ago
Am I missing something or does the article mention the location of the tsunami warning several times? The first is right at the top:
>The tsunami warning covered the areas of South Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula and regions of the Pacific near to the earthquake.
>The tsunami warning covered the areas of South Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula and regions of the Pacific near to the earthquake.
LordPennybag 230 points 22h ago
Dude, you read the article. That's cheating.
wingfan1469 18 points 17h ago
You guys get articles?
forceghost187 15 points 15h ago
What’s an article? Like a headline with a second sentence??
ImpossibleMindset 16 points 18h ago
That text wasn't there earlier. Someone wisely decided it should have been included in the article.
SentientCrisis 21 points 22h ago
I live just steps from the beach in Hawaii. It’s great. Except when I wake up to a tsunami alarm going off on my phone with five minutes to evacuate. Good thing the tsunami was 6” tall.
AUniquePerspective 5 points 12h ago
Last time I was there, there had been an earthquake in Chile and the evening surf report said, "tomorrow morning there's going to be a tsunami, or the Surf is going to be all-time."
amosmydad 2 points 17h ago
I live just steps from a corral full of cow dung. My tsunami alarm has never gone off
thoroakenfelder 2 points 15h ago
I live in a desert, also no tsunami warnings
TrumpKilledJFK 63 points 1d ago
To be fair, most people that would have needed to know that woulda been fast asleep anyways.
caronare 101 points 1d ago
Oregon coastline has coastal alarms for tsunamis. Your ass is waking up if one’s coming
Osiris32 27 points 23h ago
Plus the Emergency Alert and Reverse 911 systems.
vivekisprogressive -39 points 21h ago
Reverse 9/11...? So they rebuild the twin towers?
taointhenow33 10 points 21h ago
Yep, one went off when I was living on the Oregon Coast and was out of the condo in 15 minutes with the kids.
SentientCrisis 22 points 22h ago
Our tsunami warning system is LOUD. If you hear it at any time other than 10:45 am on the first Thursday of the month, you grab the kids and dogs and DRIVE.
dclxvi616 14 points 19h ago
Keep it on the down-low, sheesh, we don’t want the tsunamis to learn the best time to strike.
BigBradWolf77 5 points 19h ago
Big Tsunami is everywhere these days...
tcorey2336 3 points 17h ago
I wonder what officials would do if a tsunami was detected at the exact time of the weekly test.
AoO2ImpTrip 1 points 3h ago
If it's anything like tornado warnings/siren here, they don't do the test when conditions are ripe for a tsunami.
In Oklahoma they test the sirens at noon on Saturdays. Unless there is a risk of tornados then they won't do the test.
In Oklahoma they test the sirens at noon on Saturdays. Unless there is a risk of tornados then they won't do the test.
upstateduck 3 points 16h ago
At least at the Oregon coast they recommend to run to high ground
Getting in the car nearly guarantees you will die in traffic
Getting in the car nearly guarantees you will die in traffic
DEATH-BY-CIRCLEJERK 8 points 20h ago
Thats not actually always relevant. My town in CA has a tsunami siren that is loud. as. fuck. Tested once a month.
RidCyn 6 points 1d ago
Irrelevant considering those who'd be awake wouldn't have known it wasn't pertinent for them. It's circuitous logic.
once_again_asking 4 points 22h ago
So why report anything at all then?
bruinslacker 2 points 19h ago
They probably leave the locations out of the headline to convince us to click it. Life or death click bait
JARL_OF_DETROIT 23 points 1d ago
To be fair I don't think anyone that would be affected by the tsunami even knows what sky news is, lol
Doidy_Cakes 6 points 1d ago
🎶 to be fair… 🎶
calguy1955 2 points 17h ago
Tsunamis can travel a long way over large bodies of water. The 1964 earthquake in Anchorage caused a devastating tsunami that hit Crescent City in California 1700 miles away.
xylicmagnus75 2 points 15h ago
Alaska is so small.. Sky felt everyone would know. ;)
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ImpossibleMindset 22 points 1d ago
it says where the earthquake happened but not the extent of the tsunami warning.
BigBoxofChili -93 points 1d ago
Well, my sources have told me that HAARP has been activated and the targets are Russian Air and Naval facilities near the pacific coast.
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mccoyn 41 points 1d ago
HAARP looks exactly like a phased array radio receiver used for picking up super-weak radio signals and it is located exactly where the US would locate such a thing to listen to radio signals from inside Russia. It is not mysterious.
BigBoxofChili -18 points 1d ago
You're exactly right. And apparently my Groucho disguise wasn't enough to signal me just taking a piss.
So many Serious Sams on reddit anymore...
So many Serious Sams on reddit anymore...
Random_Person_246810 29 points 1d ago
The amount of people believing in far right conspiracies is astronomical, so it’s hard to tell - these days - when someone is joking or serious about subject matter like that. This especially applies to Reddit, which is left leaning. If you posted that comment on Twitter, you’d have gained the support of several blue checkers.
MikeOKurias 18 points 1d ago
Unless you're on mobile, emoji are just blank squares. For the next two months that everyone continues to use reddit, please consider the existing nomenclature for sarcasm - `'/s' `
Phage0070 4 points 1d ago
So many "nowadays".
cricket9818 3 points 1d ago
Or maybe you’re not as funny as you think you are
zombiepiratebacon -99 points 1d ago
It says Alaska Peninsula in the headline…
JonLongsonLongJonson 131 points 1d ago
A tsunami started from an earthquake in **Chile**, traveled for **24 hours**, lost almost no energy over **10,500 MILES** and then killed hundreds of people in **Japan.**
A big enough earthquake in Alaska could trigger a tsunami that hits Hawaii, and it could be there in 4 hours. This headline should absolutely include how far the warning covers.
A big enough earthquake in Alaska could trigger a tsunami that hits Hawaii, and it could be there in 4 hours. This headline should absolutely include how far the warning covers.
Taman_Should 15 points 19h ago
That fault line up there is almost a clockwork producer of medium to large earthquakes. Every three to five years, it's 7.1, 6.8, 7.5, 8.2... it's got to be one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world.
Hammy747 56 points 1d ago
This week on deadliest catch
dmstealth 12 points 20h ago
Guys. Research (a simple google) reveals the warning has been lifted.
Muffin-Sprinkles 63 points 1d ago
What does ja rule think?
Random_Person_246810 43 points 1d ago
It’s murdaaaa
DIYThrowaway01 19 points 1d ago
You're not Ja Rule! You're just some random person!
Lachrondizzle23 8 points 21h ago
Where’s Ja???
whiskey_outpost26 51 points 1d ago
OK, so it's not only toxic wildfire smoke warnings in the Great Lakes region, it's goddamm tsunami warnings in Alaska?!?!
2023 hitting us with the natural disaster randomizer.
2023 hitting us with the natural disaster randomizer.
Stegosaurus69 49 points 1d ago
Tsunami warnings in the Pacific northwest are fairly normal
Osiris32 10 points 23h ago
It's when the warnings actually wake you up that it's bad. If they're just talked about in a news release, there was nothing to worry about. If something that sounds like the missiles have been launched and we're all about to meet our makers suddenly splits the night, yeah, fucking move to higher ground NOW.
looking4astronauts 39 points 1d ago
Servebotfrank 15 points 1d ago
Tbf tsunami warnings in Alaska are not that uncommon.
Koleilei 20 points 1d ago
That's quite an American take when BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, northern Ontario and northern Quebec are on fire. Parts of those places also flooded earlier, there was a tornado in Alberta and in Ottawa. Many parts of Canada and the US are under severe drought restrictions, and there are heat domes.
Nevermind the crazy weather and temps elsewhere in the world right now.
It's like we fucked around and now we're in find out part of climate science.
Nevermind the crazy weather and temps elsewhere in the world right now.
It's like we fucked around and now we're in find out part of climate science.
snowlights 11 points 1d ago
Don't forget all the flooding in the NE, the sea water nearly 38C off Florida, and the 50C heat wave over parts of Europe.
whiskey_outpost26 6 points 23h ago
Yeah poor Vermont just kinda washed away.
majxover 3 points 18h ago
It’s SimCity 3000 come to life.
whiskey_outpost26 1 points 18h ago
With Civ VI Apocalypse DLC added for extra spice
LindaBelchersLaugh 5 points 22h ago
Don't worry, as long as we continue to do nothing about climate change, it'll all be fine. Don't research wet bulb zones.
SocraticIgnoramus 1 points 23h ago
Can somebody spot me some Robux so I can get a balloon?
MinkyBoodle44 1 points 1d ago
Ruin the world 100% speedrun nat disaster randomizer
Mac_DG 1 points 19h ago
To be fair we fucked around and had how many trains spill shit at the beginning of 2023? We asked for it.
talon_fb 5 points 1d ago
That could mean the pnw fault could rip at any minute…
cantproveidid 51 points 1d ago
It could before this, too.
Drunky_Brewster 18 points 22h ago
No it doesn't. The fault lines are thousands of miles away from.each other. I hate this ignorant, fear mongering bs.
Osiris32 16 points 23h ago
Actually, it means stress was just released along the northern section of the subduction zone, making the possibility slightly smaller.
alienbanter 8 points 21h ago
No, it doesn't. They're two entirely different subduction zones, and a moderate sized earthquake on the Aleutian subduction zone like this will not affect the probability that a Cascadia earthquake will happen soon.
nicksmithjr 3 points 20h ago
Get off the internet and go outside.
Then_Ambassador9255 3 points 20h ago
What bs are you basing this on exactly?
ScientificAnarchist 2 points 21h ago
Holy cow I was there yesterday morning
Qweesdy 6 points 11h ago
It's probably not your fault, but don't go back there for a few days just in case.
Misiu881988 -7 points 20h ago
This is it. It's the big one I feel it in my knee.
velocityjr 6 points 19h ago
You deserve the downvotes. The knee is for tornados. Tsunami's are when you feel it in the hip.
Amerlis 1 points 18h ago
What if you feel a stirring in the plums?
halfabricklong 1 points 18h ago
What if you don't have plums?
ArthurBurtonMorgan 1 points 18h ago
What if you have nectarines?
PROPGUNONE -25 points 1d ago
0.5ft rise. Already cancelled. Basically click bait.
ArguingTomato -5 points 15h ago
How will this effect Lebron’s legacy
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