55150 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.archyde.com/minute-to-escape-death-sirens-warn-of-tsunami-8-2-earthquake-shakes-alaska-clip/The US National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a warning to people living near the coast in Alaska. pacific coast including Guam Watch out for the dangers of tsunami waves as officials from the Japan and New Zealand Earthquake and Tsunami Surveillance Center have expedited the assessment of the magnitude of the 8.2021-07-29T18:39+0200archyde-801545e3215b9f3499f202ee9f86b60520210729183900https://www.timescolonist.com/8-2-magnitude-quake-in-alaska-puts-some-b-c-coastal-residents-on-edge-1.24347202KITAMAAT VILLAGE, B.C. — A powerful earthquake off Alaska Wednesday night triggered tsunami warnings and watches far across the Pacific and led to some anxious hours for residents of low lying regions along British Columbia's northwest coast. The U.S. Geological Survey says an 8.2021-07-29T18:37+0200timescolonist-f934692640d1742d27d774681f4a93e020210729183700https://usnewslatest.com/tsunami-warning-issued-for-alaska-and-hawaii/Tsunami warning issued for and Hawaii A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska Wednesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck 91 kilometers southeast of Perryville at 10:15 p.m. local time, the Geological Survey said. Perryville is a small village about 800 kilometers from Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city.2021-07-29T18:22+0200usnewslatest-01e71c38f87c5ff0e6ae6d280e40594e20210729182200https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/americas/2021-07-29-tsunami-warnings-lifted-after-magnitude-82-quake-hits-alaska/Anchorage — Tsunami warnings were lifted for Alaska and the rest of Pacific after a huge earthquake of 8.2 magnitude struck the seismically active US state in the late hours on Wednesday. In Alaska, small tsunami waves measuring under a foot above tide level were observed in Sand Point, Old Harbor,....2021-07-29T18:08+0200businessday-585ef02fdcd4c553b218b174eb9a7a7f20210729180800