Moderate Earthquake Hits Aleutians
January 10, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook Alaska’s seismically active Aleutian Islands on Wednesday.
No damage was reported in the island chain, which extend southwestward from Alaska into the northern Pacific. The quake was centered 39 miles west of Unalaska and likely was felt along the state’s western coast, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said.
On Tuesday, another moderate earthquake with a magnitude of about 5.7 jolted Southeast Alaska and was widely felt throughout the Panhandle. That tremor was centered 57 miles west of Haines, about 1,300 miles east of Unalaska.
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