USGS geophysicist said residents of the Dutch Harbor a port community situated 930 miles west of Anchorage reported feeling a “weak shaking” from the quake. – AP Photo
ANCHORAGE: A powerful earthquake shook an Aleutian Island region of Alaska but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury, and no threat of a tsunami, officials said.
The 6.7 magnitude temblor struck at 9:56 p.m. Saturday and was centered in the Bering Sea about 155 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake hit about 21 miles beneath the seabed.
There was no danger of a tsunami, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said.
USGS geophysicist Jessica Sigala said residents of the Dutch Harbor a port community of about 2,000 people situated 930 miles west of Anchorage reported feeling a “weak shaking” from the quake.
Alaska’s Earthquake Information center said there have been no reports of injury or damage.
A magnitude 6 quake is capable of causing severe damage.
The quake, though in a fairly remote area, was one of the largest in recent years in Alaska, the country’s most seismically active region.
A 5.0 magnitude temblor shook Anchorage and other communities in southcentral Alaska 10 days ago but caused no damage. In May, two quakes measuring about 6.0 magnitude rumbled under the Bering Sea off Alaska but were too far from land to be felt
The 6.7 magnitude temblor struck at 9:56 p.m. Saturday and was centered in the Bering Sea about 155 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake hit about 21 miles beneath the seabed.
There was no danger of a tsunami, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said.
USGS geophysicist Jessica Sigala said residents of the Dutch Harbor a port community of about 2,000 people situated 930 miles west of Anchorage reported feeling a “weak shaking” from the quake.
Alaska’s Earthquake Information center said there have been no reports of injury or damage.
A magnitude 6 quake is capable of causing severe damage.
The quake, though in a fairly remote area, was one of the largest in recent years in Alaska, the country’s most seismically active region.
A 5.0 magnitude temblor shook Anchorage and other communities in southcentral Alaska 10 days ago but caused no damage. In May, two quakes measuring about 6.0 magnitude rumbled under the Bering Sea off Alaska but were too far from land to be felt
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