{"id":91886,"date":"2026-02-04T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peninsulaclarion.com\/news\/no-tsunami-expected-after-4-4-magnitude-earthquake-in-alaska\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:52:00","slug":"no-tsunami-expected-after-4-4-magnitude-earthquake-in-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peninsulaclarion.com\/2026\/02\/04\/no-tsunami-expected-after-4-4-magnitude-earthquake-in-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"No tsunami expected after 4.4-magnitude earthquake in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tsunami is not expected after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake northwest of Anchorage Wednesday, Feb. 4.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service Tsunami Alerts posted to X that the earthquake hit at 6:25 a.m. local time. 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