7.9 earthquake hits near Kodiak, AK

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STEVE: THAT IS NOT THE WAKE JUMP CALL THEY WERE EXPECTING THIS IS A FOX NEWS ALERT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ON HIGH ALERT AT THIS MOMENT UNDER TSUNAMI WARNINGS AT THIS HOUR AFTER A POWERFUL AND TO THE EAST OF KODAK, ALASKA AINSLEY: THE POWERFUL SHOCK LOCAL REPORTERS SAYING EMERGENCY CREWS FEAR THAT LIVES ARE NOW AT STAKE AND THEY ARE URGING EVERYONE TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND

BRIAN: BRAND NEW VIDEO THE NIGHT? PEOPLE TRYING TO ESCAPE THE WAVES OF FEAR THE ENTIRE WEST COAST, HAWAII, PARTS OF CANADA ALL WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF ALASKA, THEY ARE SAYING GET TO A HIGHER GROUND AINSLEY: OR THE NORTHWEST STEVE: SURE THIS STRUCK LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DO THE MATH, AND THEY SAY THAT WAVES SHOULD START TO WILL THE WAVES BE? THERE IS ONE REPORT THAT ONE OF THE OCEAN BUOYS, ABOUT 100 AND SOME MILES AWAY FROM ALASKA DID JUST RECENTLY HAVE A 35-FOOT WAVE

AINSLEY: I THINK FOR AMERICANS WE HEAR TSUNAMI AND IT TAKES US BACK DO YOU REMEMBER THE SUPERMODEL PETRA INVOLVED IN THE TSUNAMI WAS THAT IN END DOUGH NEAR SHAH STEVE: THAILAND AINSLEY: IT REMINDS US OF THAT AND SCARES US OF THAT I'M GLAD THEY'RE LISTENING TO THE WARNING AND GETTING OUT

EXCEPT FOR THE GUY VIDEOTAPING THIS IT SOUNDS LIKE IS HE GOING THE WRONG WAY BRIAN: QUICKLY ON "FOX & FRIENDS FIRST" JANICE DEAN HAS BEEN WORKING THIS TO FIND OUT WHERE THE DANGER MIGHT LIE WHAT YOU CAN YOU TELL US? JANICE: IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME THE REPORTS ARE GOING TO BE A VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKE

ALASKA IS NO STRANGER TO EARTHQUAKES OR TSUNAMIS THEY ARE HAD FOUR OF THEM IN THE PAST SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS IS ACTUAL INFORMATION WE ARE GETTING RIGHT NOW THIS THE IS EARTHQUAKE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT WAS AT ONE POINT 8

2 THEY HAVE DOWNGRADED TO 79 173 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUNE ALASKA THAT ONE WAS THEIR LARGEST EVER MEASURED AT 9

2 AND EXPERIENCED LARGER EARTHQUAKES AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE ALL UP AND DOWNTOWN COAST FROM ALASKA'S COAST LINE DOWN TOWARDS BRITISH, COLUMBIA, EXTENDING ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE TSUNAMI WATCH THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY DOWN TOWARDS LOS ANGELES, GETTING INFORMATION MINUTE BY MINUTE BUT AS WE LOOK BACK IN HISTORY, AGAIN, ALASKA NO STRANGER TO EARTHQUAKES OR TSUNAMI WATCHES OR WARNINGS

THIS WAS THEIR BIGGEST ONE 92 MAGNITUDE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT WHERE THEY LOST 131 LIVES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAGNITUDE NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO 79

THAT'S A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WE DON'T KNOW OHIO HIGH THE WAVES ARE GOING TO BE BUT PEOPLE ARE URGED TO TAKE CAUTION AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ALASKAN COAST HERE IS WHAT WE DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF MAGNITUDE AN AVERAGE OF ONE A YEAR

SO, RIGHT NOW IT'S 79 IT'S PRETTY RARE BUT WE ARE ALONG THAT RING OF FIRE WHERE THEY TYPICALLY HAVE EARTHQUAKES SO THEY ARE NO STRANGER TO EARTHQUAKES AROUND ALASKA

TSUNAMI WATCH AND WARNING EXTENDING AS FAR AS SOUTH AS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS IS

7.9 earthquake hits near Kodiak, AK