A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Alaska's Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of the state's coast and sending some residents fleeing to higher ground. The strong earthquake hit at 12:30am and was recorded about 170 miles southeast of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. Kodiak Island is located about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, which was not under a tsunami threat. That prompted the tsunami warning for coastal Alaska and Canada's British Columbia, while the remainder of the U.S. West Coast was under a watch. This screenshot shows the text message alerts Hawaii residents got after the earthquake early TuesdayWarnings from the National Weather Service sent to cellphones in Alaska warned: 'Emergency Alert.

Source: Daily Mail January 23, 2018 10:09 UTC