Thanks for the correction. I appreciate it -- didn't know that.
BTW, the tsunami watch/warning also in effect for Russia now per German Press Agency.
Tsunami warning issued for part of Alaska
By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Officials issued a tsunami warning for parts of Alaska on Friday night after an 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the northern Pacific.
The quake at 7:23 Alaska time was east of the Kuril Islands northeast of Japan.
The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said it was not immediately known if a tsunami was generated.
But it issued a warning for the western Aleutians Islands from the villages of Nikolski to Adak and warned that people in low-lying coastal areas should remain alert to instructions from local emergency officials.
Adak is a community of 167 about 1,300 miles southwest of Anchorage. Nikolski is a village of 31 about 900 miles southwest of Anchorage.
The warning center issued a tsunami watch for the rest of the Aleutians and coastal areas along southcentral Alaska to Seward.
If a tsunami was generated, the center warned, the first waves would reach Dutch Harbor at 11:41 p.m. and Kodiak Island by 1:12 a.m. Saturday.
The center also warned that tsunamis are a series of waves potentially dangerous several hours after initial arrival time.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/8558145p-8451664c.html