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Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Strong 6.1 Earthquake rattles Alaska peninsula
(AFP)
WASHINGTON — A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Alaskan
peninsula Saturday some 600 miles (970 kilometers) southwest of
Anchorage, the US Geological Survey said.
The temblor struck at 1959 GMT, with the epicenter near Sand
Point, Alaska, on an island in the North Pacific just off the
Alaska Peninsula, USGS said.
The depth of the quake was 30 miles (48 kilometers).
It came some three weeks after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake
shook Alaska's Aleutian Islands, triggering a tsunami warning that
sent people heading for high ground before the alert was canceled.