Updated 10/19/2020 at 3:20 p.m.
Just after 3 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service downgraded a tsunami warning to an advisory for much of the Kenai Peninsula and along the Aleutian Chain.
Unalaska is approximately 80 miles southwest of the advisory zone, according to the Department of Public Safety, and no evacuation has been issued.
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Updated 10/19/2020 at 2:45 p.m.
Unalaska is not under a tsunami warning after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake hit approximately 55 miles southeast of Sand Point Monday afternoon.
A tsunami warning is in effect for much of the Alaska and Kenai Peninsulas, Kodiak, Anchorage, and Eastern Aleutians, but does not currently reach Unalaska, according to the Department of Public Safety.
“Unalaska is 80 miles southwest of the tsunami warning zone. No evacuation issued at this time,” officials said in a Nixle alert.
Public safety officials are monitoring for updates.
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