8.2 Magnitude Earthquake off the coast of Alaska. Tsunami warning! 1/23/2018

in #science6 years ago

At approximately 1:32 am pacific standard time USGS measured a 8.2 magnitude earthquake which originated off shore in the Gulf of Alaska which is in the Pacific ocean just south of Alaska and west of British Columbia.
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Tsunami warnings were issued to coastal cities and communities via blaring sirens. Well..... I live in a coastal city in British Columbia and I awoke in a panic from loud sirens. siren.JPG

The first damn thought in my head was : "God damn! Did North Korea target Canada ?! Is there an impending ICBM or is this an ICMB hoax like what happened in Hawaii"

But nope , it was a Tsunami warning ......

Well shit!!! This sounds bad! I thought of Japan and the devastation which their tsunami caused, thoughts of my own mortality crossed my mind: " If I die here and now, well sh!t , f%^K it!!!!"

The tsunami warning was shortly repealed.

The wave was 4 centimeters when it arrived off the coast of British Columbia....

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