Oceanography
Alaska town evacuates after quake tsunami warning
Residents in a remote section of the US Aleutian islands rushed to higher ground Monday after an 7.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska triggered a local tsunami warning, an official said.
But the warnings were lifted an hour or two after the quake, which struck at 2053 GMT some 24 kilometers southeast of remote Little Sitkin Island, in the western Aleutians.
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First underwater archaeology vessel launched
Konyaâs Selçuk University on June 17 launched Turkeyâs first underwater archaeology research vessel in Antalya. With teams from Warsaw and Naples, the university will set off in July 1 to discover the underwater archaeological richness of the Mediterranean, spanning until Aug. 31.
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