A strong magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck west of Craig, Alaska at 12:58AM PST, 5 January 2013. Tsunami warning and alerts were issued for a broad section of the Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but no damaging waves were generated. According to the USGS, this earthquake was likely "related to that Haida Gwaii earthquake three months previously, and is an expression of deformation along the same plate boundary system."
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