Sim, o terremoto foi muito forte e produziu uma réplica de 7.0.
Ainda assim, não deve causar grande elevação oceânica, embora haja alertas e avisos para toda a costa oeste dos EUA. Veja:
Tsunami Warning in Effect for,
* BRITISH COLUMBIA, The Juan de Fuca Strait coast, the outer
west coast of Vancouver Island, the central coast and
northeast Vancouver Island, and the north coast and Haida
Gwaii
* SOUTHEAST ALASKA, The inner and outer coast from The
BC/Alaska Border to Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE
of Yakutat)
* SOUTH ALASKA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA, Pacific coasts from
Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE of Yakutat) to Unimak
Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Unalaska)
* ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of
Unalaska) to Attu, Alaska including the Pribilof Islands
Tsunami Watch in Effect for,
* CALIFORNIA, The coast from The Cal./Mexico Border to The
Oregon/Cal. Border including San Francisco Bay
* OREGON, The coast from The Oregon/Cal. Border to The
Oregon/Wash. Border including the Columbia River estuary
coast
* WASHINGTON, Outer coast from the Oregon/Washington border
to Slip Point, Columbia River estuary coast, and the Juan
de Fuca Strait coast
FORECASTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY
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* Tsunami activity is forecasted to start at the following
locations at the specified times.
FORECAST
START
SITE OF TSUNAMI
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* Alaska
Kodiak 0145 AKST Jan 23
Elfin Cove 0150 AKST Jan 23
Seward 0155 AKST Jan 23
Yakutat 0200 AKST Jan 23
Sitka 0200 AKST Jan 23
Valdez 0215 AKST Jan 23
Cordova 0220 AKST Jan 23
Sand Point 0220 AKST Jan 23
Unalaska 0240 AKST Jan 23
Homer 0250 AKST Jan 23
Craig 0300 AKST Jan 23
Cold Bay 0300 AKST Jan 23
Adak 0305 AKST Jan 23
Shemya 0345 AKST Jan 23
Saint Paul 0400 AKST Jan 23
* British Columbia
Langara 0210 AKST Jan 23
Tofino 0340 AKST Jan 23
* Washington
Neah Bay 0450 PST Jan 23
Long Beach 0455 PST Jan 23
Moclips 0500 PST Jan 23
Westport 0505 PST Jan 23
Port Angeles 0530 PST Jan 23
Port Townsend 0555 PST Jan 23
* Oregon
Port Orford 0505 PST Jan 23
Seaside 0505 PST Jan 23
Newport 0510 PST Jan 23
Charleston 0510 PST Jan 23
Brookings 0515 PST Jan 23
* California
Crescent City 0520 PST Jan 23
Fort Bragg 0525 PST Jan 23
Horse Mountain 0525 PST Jan 23
Monterey 0555 PST Jan 23
San Francisco 0620 PST Jan 23
Port San Luis 0620 PST Jan 23
Santa Barbara 0635 PST Jan 23
Los Angeles Harb 0650 PST Jan 23
Newport Beach 0700 PST Jan 23
Oceanside 0705 PST Jan 23
La Jolla 0705 PST Jan 23