A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Wednesday afternoon just south of the northern Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The epicenter was roughly 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. A tsunami warning was in effect for less than an hour,

No damage was immediately reported. The main threat had been dangerous currents or waves, not widespread inundation, the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said.

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on the afternoon of July 16, sparking immediate tsunami warnings for nearby coastal communities. The tremor, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),

A tsunami warning was issued Wednesday afternoon following a magnitude 7.3 earthquake just south of the northern Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The epicenter was roughly 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.

The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in the Aleutian Chain.

I’ve got liquid smoke and barbecue sauce and pickles ... broken on the floor,” the manager of the local general store said. “It smells horrendous in here.”

German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name persisted.

Nazi Creek was renamed Thursday to Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, an Unangax̂ phrase replacing a name originally assigned by World War II-era soldiers.