Alaska emergency officials are once again trying to figure out why cell phones that weren’t supposed to be triggered beeped awake with an urgent tsunami warning on Saturday night.

FILE- This file photo provided by Andy Varner, city administrator for Sand Point, Alaska, shows the city's harbor on June 7, 2016. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for ...

This file photo provided by Andy Varner, city administrator for Sand Point, Alaska, shows the city’s harbor on June 7, 2016. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for ...

The mix of hazards means that “in Alaska, we have the capability to have a very bad day,” as state earthquake geologist Barrett Salisbury, one of the tsunami scientists, puts it.

A team of Alaska-based scientists released a new report showing not only how a tsunami could reach the Upper Cook Inlet, but also just how far inland the water would go.

Elena Suleimani, a tsunami modeler for the Alaska Earthquake Center and coauthor of the existing guidelines, admits they’re imperfect.

The tsunami advisory issued following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Alaska was lifted Sunday. Anchorage's National Weather Service at first downgraded the tsunami advisory an hour after it was ...

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake about 70 miles (111 kilometers) south of Sand Point triggered a brief tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska late Saturday that prompted people to evacuate from ...

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported. The earthquake was fe… ...

ALASKA, USA — A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported. The ...

ALASKA, USA — A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported. The ...

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska, but the advisory was cancelled about an hour later.