Alaska emergency officials are once again trying to figure out why cell phones that weren’t supposed to be triggered beeped awake with an urgent tsunami warning on Saturday night.
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Tsunami warning canceled following strong earthquake off Alaska Peninsula
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island. The warning was later downgraded to an advisory and was canceled altogether by 1 a.m. Sunday.
Listen: Why a major Alaska earthquake triggered warnings but no major damage
The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck off Alaska’s southwest coast Wednesday night gave nearby residents a good shake and triggered tsunami warnings, but there were no large waves or any immediate reports of major damage or injuries.
Anchorage residents should not have gotten tsunami phone alert after Aleutian quake, warning center says
Officials and cell providers are looking into why the alert went to some Anchorage cell customers.