I’ve got liquid smoke and barbecue sauce and pickles ... broken on the floor,” the manager of the local general store said. “It smells horrendous in here.”

Just after the quake, NOAA's National Tsunami Warning Center issued Tsunami Warnings for the immediate Alaska coastline from Kennedy Entrance to Unimak Pass, including all of Kodiak Island, Chignik and Cold Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard reported it evacuated personnel from its base at Kodiak to higher ground and had two air crews stand ready to assist.

On a quiet Wednesday afternoon, terrifying sirens shattered the calm in parts of central Alaska. Sudden Earthquake Sparks Chaos and Panic At exactly 12:38 p.m. local time, a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck about 50 miles south of Sand Point.