Tsunami advisory ends after 7.9 quake rocks southern Alaska
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A major earthquake centered in the Gulf of Alaska temporarily generated a tsunami warning for much of southern Alaska's coastline early Tuesday morning.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 7.9 temblor was initially reported as an 8.0, then an 8.2. It struck at 12:31 a.m. 281 miles southeast of Kodiak, at a depth of 20 kilometers.