Powerful earthquake hits Alaska but no serious damage reported

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Communities along a 700-mile stretch of the southern coast of the U.S. state of Alaska ordered their residents to higher ground after a powerful earthquake.

However, officials quickly downgraded and then cancelled a tsunami warning in the area.

There were no immediate reports of significant damage. 

Officials said the earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3, struck at 12:37 p.m. local time south of Sand Point. 

The first waves were projected to land there, but the state's emergency management division said an hour after the quake that it had received no reports of damage. 

The earthquake was reportedly felt as far away as Anchorage, almost 600 miles to the northeast.

Alaska's southern coast is earthquake-prone.

The Wednesday quake was the fifth in roughly the same area since 2020 exceeding magnitude 7.