After a few intense hours, the tsunami warning was cancelled, allowing people to return home from shelters. Kodiak is located about 200 miles south of Anchorage, the state’s largest city, which was not under a tsunami threat. -BW #earthquake #tsunami #alaska #akgov pic.twitter.com/alSFVbuPpb — Governor Bill Walker (@AkGovBillWalker) January 23, 2018 Elsewhere in the United States, Washington state, Oregon, California and Hawaii were under tsunami watches, which eventually were lifted. Officials in Japan say there was no tsunami threat there. The Alaska Earthquake Information Centre categorised the shaking intensity as light.

Source: Irish Independent January 23, 2018 16:30 UTC