63780 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.newsbreak.com/news/2324766040444/magnitude-8-2-earthquake-hits-alaska-peninsula© iStock. A strong 8.2 magnitude earthquake hit an area off the Alaska peninsula late Wednesday, prompting a series of tsunami warnings for the seismically active U.S. state that were later lifted. According to the U.S. Geological Survey , the quake struck about 56 miles east-southeast of Perryville, Alaska, around 10:15 p.2021-07-29T20:36+0200newsbreak-USA-2adaf85353fc5ac44db17e0e72ff5d5920210729203600http://www.dailyfinland.fi/worldwide/22810/8.2-magnitude-quake-hits-104-km-SE-of-Perryville-AlaskaAn earthquake with a magnitude of 8.2 jolted 104 km SE of Perryville, Alaska at 0615 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, reported Xinhua. The epicenter, with a depth of 32.2 km, was determined to be at 55.325 degrees north latitude and 157.841 degrees west longitude.2021-07-29T20:35+0200dailyfinland-fi-a7c4e3c5c9ddd75282d766ba4c70723720210729203500https://gazette.com/news/alaska-experiences-8-2-magnitude-earthquake-largest-in-decades/article_768ed04e-f094-11eb-acca-77f8a7f53c47.htmlexperienced one of its largest in decades on Wednesday night. The 8.2 magnitude earthquake, which also sparked fears of a possible tsunami, hit at 10:15 p.m. local time, and its epicenter was 65 miles off the Alaska Peninsula village of Perryville, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.2021-07-29T20:31+0200gazette-8890ea01e1c455d6cd3b012ff9bd328420210729203100https://missoulian.com/news/national/alaska-quake-could-be-strongest-in-us-in-half-a-century/article_4d0bcab7-abf1-5687-afa6-25c015690179.html"We are now all clear ...," Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson told CNN. "The Emergency Operations Council was up and working monitoring and informing the public of any updates. Citizens did (evacuate)." A line of cars evacuates the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, after a tsunami warning was issued following a magnitude 8.2021-07-29T20:18+0200missoulian-4742cc9eca72c9dde33ad3cdff91d35520210729201800