Tsunami warning was issued in Alaska after 7.3 magnitude earthquake [updated] (tsunami.gov)

* A tsunami was generated by this event, but no longer poses a threat.

* This will be the final U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center message issued for this event.

I'm in danger of being "Warning-ed" out. Watches are different and will always get my attention. Especially after the recent overreaction to sending out way more flood warnings even when it is not any where near me is just getting me to not bother with them.

I know this is the danger the forecasters face. I can appreciate how they clearly stated the issue was now over in a very quick time though.

I didn't realise Alaska had that southern archipelago but even before I checked it definitely looks like it traces a fault line.

Random: I wonder if the Thai tsunami alert network still works. It was built after the horrible events in december of 2004.

Enough time (20-ish years) and government/junta chaos has passed for this question to be relevant.

@waEMD (Washington State Emergency Management) tweeted this a couple of hours ago:

We have now been told there is NO DANGER for Washington state from this earthquake in Alaska. Scientists had to wait to examine the wave heights arriving at DART tsunami buoys -- and those sensors now indicate there is NO DANGER for our coastline. #wawx

Glad I had the inkling to hoard gallons of fresh water and canned anchovies just this past week. I'm in Seattle btw, I remember this year we had a power outage the neighborhood people spent the entire week huddling around a fire in the culdesac.

And if the earthquake doesn't scare them, the volcano that triggers will. And if they're still not prepared, there's also the tsunami.