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Emergency Brief: Earthquake and Water Safety Updates
Episode 1183rd March 2026 • EM Morning Brief • Brian Colburn
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The salient point of today’s discussion centers on the occurrence of a magnitude 5.3 earthquake near Boulder Island, Alaska. The United States Tsunami Warning Center has issued a statement indicating that no tsunami warning, advisory, watch, or threat is currently in effect following this seismic event. Furthermore, we provide updates from various states, including the rescission of a precautionary boil water notice in Marion County, Florida, due to satisfactory safety results. It is noteworthy that there are no significant operational updates from federal agencies such as FEMA or the CDC at this time. We conclude the brief by encouraging our audience to remain vigilant and safe.

Takeaways:

  1. On March 3, 2026, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake was reported near Boulder Island, Alaska.
  2. The US Tsunami Warning Centers issued a statement indicating no tsunami threat following the earthquake.
  3. Florida's Marion County Utilities has rescinded a boil water notice after confirming water safety.
  4. The IWCE 2026 event in Las Vegas will gather the critical communications community from March 16 to 19.
  5. The conference will feature over 250 exhibitors and discussions on critical topics such as AI and cybersecurity.
  6. There were no significant operational updates or alerts from other states in the last 24 hours.

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Good morning.

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Aleutians the US Tsunami Warning Centers issues a Tsunami Information Statement indicating no tsunami warning advisory, watch or threat is in effect.

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No other nationally significant operationally actionable federal updates, e.g.

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fEMA declarations, deadlines, new national Wildfire posture changes, CDC hand releases clearly published within the last 24 hours in sources reviewed for this brief.

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Let's run through the states.

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Alaska A magnitude 5.3 earthquake is reported near Boulder Island.

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The US Tsunami Warning Centers posts a Tsunami Information Statement stating no tsunami threat is in effect.

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Florida Marion County Utilities posts a notice rescinding a precautionary boil water notice as after satisfactory bacteriological survey results indicating the water is safe to drink.

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CTA link is in the show notes with nothing to report from our territories and all other states having no significant updates in the last 24 hours.

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That's it for this morning's brief.

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Stay safe.

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