ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A tsunami warning was issued Wednesday for parts of Southcentral and Southwest Alaska due to a large earthquake along the Aleutian Chain. The quake was measured at a magnitude of 7.3 with an epicenter near Sand Point along the Aleutians, about 83 miles southeast of King Cove.

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Eerrie sirens rang out across parts of central Alaska Wednesday afternoon after a catastrophic 7.3-magnitude earthquake triggered a series of tsunami warnings. A potent 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which was later upgraded to 7.3, hit 50 miles south of Sand ...