Thousands of Americans flee to higher ground after monster 7,3 earthquake triggered tsunami warning
Wednesday’s afternoon tranquility along Alaska’s southern coast shattered when a powerful 7.3‑magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific floor just off the Alaska Peninsula. At 12:38 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET), residents of Sand Point and nearby Shumagin Island felt the ground roll beneath them in a tremor so fierce that cellphone networks and emergency sirens…