Tsunami Warnings

Following last night’s earthquake, Maggie Wall spoke to people on the street to get their reactions. Here’s what they had to say. …

Kodiak’s police chief says it’s back to the drawing board for the new tsunami warning sirens, which got their first real test after Monday’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake near Sand Point triggered a tsunami warning. While people in some areas heard the sirens well, in other areas there were complaints that they weren’t loud enough, or that the siren’s voice messages …

There were no reports of damage in Kodiak, after Monday’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Sand Point at 12:54 p.m. But people all over Kodiak Island felt it in varying degrees. KMXT turned to the Friends of Kodiak Facebook page to find out what people experienced. Cassie Carlsen said she felt the quake in Bell Flats, which she describes as …

Please note: this story has been updated from the original. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center issued a tsunami warning and evacuated low lying areas, after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck southeast of Sand Point at 12:57 p.m. Some people moved to higher ground at the Kodiak High School to wait out the tsunami. Since Monday was Alaska Day and a …

The weekly Kodiak tsunami warning drill will take place this Wednesday, September 30 at 2:00 p.m. like it usually does. But with one difference. Some neighborhoods will get to hear a test of the new siren. Here’s what the new tsunami warning siren will sound like. The Kodiak Police Department says the drill will begin with a test of the …

Listen to the story here: This tsunami siren behind the post office has been there for decades. Kodiak has heard the wail of sirens every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. for decades. They sound like something out of an old, World War II movie – a weekly test of a warning system to signal households in Kodiak’s low-lying areas to move …