A large earthquake has just occurred outside Anchorage, Alaska. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.0 and the National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for coastal zones of southern Alaska. The center said Friday that the warning was in effect for parts of the state’s Cook Inlet and the southern Kenai peninsula. Police in Alaska’s Kodiak island community have told residents to head to higher ground amid the tsunami threat. Kodiak is an island about 200 miles (321 kilometers) south of Anchorage. (Source: CNBC.com)
The USGS operates a live map that plots earthquakes in real time. Check it out here to monitor events in Alaska or anywhere else in the world. A cool feature on this map are the red lines marking the edges of tectonic plates.