Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Alaska: Strong Earthquake hits Aleutian Islands of US
2010-09-27 01:20:00
Alaska, Sep 27 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale
jolted Aleutian Islands of the US state of Alaska Sunday, the US
Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The tremor occurred about 9:27 a.m. local time (1827 GMT) at a depth of
226 km, with its epicentre some 2,070 km west-southwest of Anchorage,
Xinhua reported citing the USGS.
No tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake, whose magnitude was
preliminarily measured at 6.2 by the USGS.