A major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has triggered a tsunami warning for the southern Alaska peninsula.

A tsunami warning has been issued for Alaska after a 7.2 magnitude tremor struck at a depth of 22 miles rocked the Pacific and sparked a massive alert for the US state

There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck the Alaska Peninsula early Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).