A powerful undersea earthquake struck off the southern coast of Alaska on Wednesday, setting off a tsunami advisory and prompting concern along the state’s remote peninsula region.

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.

A tsunami advisory was lifted Wednesday afternoon for a portion of the Alaskan Peninsula coastline following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that shook 50 miles off its coast, after the National Weather Service initially issued a tsunami warning,