Strong tremors of magnitude 7.1 strikes Alaska coast, tsunami alert issued

GFZ said that the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles).

Representative image of a seismograph during an earthquake.

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A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Alaska Peninsula, on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

The US Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning for portions of Alaska following the earthquake.