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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities in areas along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful earthquake Wednesday, but officials quickly downgraded a tsunami warning for the region.
Eerrie sirens rang out across parts of central Alaska Wednesday afternoon after a catastrophic 7.3-magnitude earthquake triggered a series of tsunami warnings. A potent 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which was later upgraded to 7.3, hit 50 miles south of Sand ...