Alaska tsunami warning after 7.4-magnitude earthquake

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck a peninsula Alaska And sound an alert tsunami, The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported Sunday.

The quake occurred at 10 pm local time on Saturday, 90 km southwest of the small town of Sun Point, at a depth of 21 km on a peninsula. alaska, USGS said.

he National Tsunami Warning Center In Palmer, Alaska, he said a tsunami watch is in effect for southern Alaska and the Alaskan Peninsula.

For the other Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada in North America, the danger level Tsunami.”

Alaska which is part of Pacific Ring of Fire. It was struck by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in March 1964, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America. This earthquake devastated Anchorage and unleashed a tsunami that struck the Gulf of Alaska, the West Coast of the United States, and Hawaii. More than 250 people died as a result of the earthquake and tsunami.

Alaska: What does it mean to be a Pacific Black Belt?

he Pacific Ring of Fire also Pacific Ring of Fire It is one of the subduction zones located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean and is characterized by being one of the most important and most active seismic and volcanic regions in the world.

It is made up of the mountainous region to the west of argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, Canada, then it turns around the Aleutian Islands and descends on the coasts and islands of Russia, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Brunei, Singapore and Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu and New Zealand.

The bottom of the Pacific Ocean rests on several tectonic plates that are in perpetual friction, and thus, Build tension. When this tension explodes, it causes earthquakes in the belt countries. In addition, the region concentrates constant volcanic activity. In this region, the plates of the earth’s crust sink very quickly (several centimeters per year) and at the same time colossal tensions accumulate that must be released in the form of earthquakes.

includes 452 volcanoes More than 75% of the world’s active and inactive volcanoes are concentrated. About 90% of the world’s earthquakes and 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes occur along belt of fire