Thread: BREAKING Tsunami warning in effect in Alaska after quake LIVE UPDATES: 7.0 quake near

BREAKING Tsunami warning in effect in Alaska after quake

LIVE UPDATES: 7.0 quake near Anchorage

Tsunami warning in effect in Alaska after quake

By Amanda Watts, CNN
Updated 1:02 PM ET, Fri November 30, 2018

(CNN)A tsunami warning is in effect for coastal areas of Cook Inlet and southern Kenai Peninsula in Alaska after an earthquake Friday with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, according to a bulletin from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

CNN affiliate KTUU was knocked off the air due to the earthquake. News director Tracy Sabo tells CNN the station has had reports of items falling off shelves.

The alert said that "for other US and Canadian Pacific coasts in North America, the level of tsunami danger is being evaluated.

Further information will be provided in supplementary messages."

BREAKING Tsunami warning in effect in Alaska after quake

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Car seen stuck on piece of cracked road after earthquake

CNN affiliate KTVA reports that there are multiple road closures and at least one report of an overpass that has possibly collapsed.

Images across social media show cracked and collapsed roads. Scott Marsteller caught this video right outside of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport:

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7.2 earthquake here in Anchorage, Alaska. This is a video my dad took from the Minnesota exit ramp from international.

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CNN affiliate KTUU-TV also posted a photo, with more daylight, of what appears to be the same spot:



KTUU-TV

2 min agoTsunami Warnings have been canceled

According to the National Tsunami Warning Center, the Tsunami warning is canceled for the Cook Inlet area and Southern Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.
No tsunami danger exists, and no destructive tsunami has been reported.