ALASKA HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE OF 7.8 MAGNITUDE, TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED AND CALLED OFF LATER

Highlights: 

• Alaska experiences a powerful earthquake along with tsunami warning
• People in southern Alaska, the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian islands evacuate and go to higher grounds

An earthquake of 7.8 magnitudes hit the Alaska Peninsula late on Tuesday. The U.S Geological Survey the depth of the earthquake was 9.6 kilometres. Its epicentre was 96kms south-southeast of Perryville, Alas....