Alaska’s 7.3 Earthquake Exposes Gaps in Tsunami Preparedness Amid Rising Pacific Threats

When a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck just south of Alaska’s Sand Point on Wednesday, residents along a vast 700-mile stretch of the southern Alaskan coast were thrust into urgent evacuations to higher ground. The rapid issuance — then swift cancellation — of the tsunami warning underscored both the seismic volatility of America's western frontier and the precarious state of our coastal defense measures. How Prepared Is America’s Remote Pacific Border? The quake reverberated as far as Anchorage, nearly 600 miles away, shaking communities already familiar with tremors but still vulnerable to disaster. While officials quickly downgraded the tsunami threat...