(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 29 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.2 was recorded off the Alaska peninsula: the US Geophysical Institute (Usgs) reports it.
The epicenter of the quake was located 91 km southeast of Perryville – a location about 800 km southeast of Anchorage, the largest city in the state – at a depth of 46.7 km.
The US National Weather Service has issued a tsunami warning for southern Alaska and the Alaska peninsula itself.
The earthquake has been followed so far by a flurry of 21 aftershocks, including one – of magnitude 3.3 – with its epicenter in the Wide Bay, only a couple of kilometers from the coast and on the surface. (HANDLE).
