Strong earthquake rattles Alaska Peninsula
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Pastor Dale Morgan
Jun 13, 2010, 3:04:49 PM6/13/10
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Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Strong earthquake rattles Alaska Peninsula
Sunday, June 13th, 2010 at 2:45 pm |
By BNO News
EGEGIK, ALASKA (BNO NEWS) -- An earthquake rattled the Alaska Peninsula on early Sunday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The 4.9-magnitude earthquake at 5.43 a.m. local time (1343 GMT) was centered about 25 miles (41 kilometers) east-southeast of Egegik, a tiny city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of Alaska. It struck about 8.3 miles (13.3 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Alaska is seismically active, and has frequent earthquakes although most are too small or too remote to be felt. On Saturday, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of King Cove, a city in the Aleutians East Borough of Alaska. There were no casualties.
Even though most earthquakes in the region are fairly small, Alaska is the site of the biggest earthquake ever recorded in North America. A 9.2-magnitude earthquake that lasted nearly five minutes struck 75 miles east of Anchorage on March 27, 1964.
The earthquake and the ensuing tsunami killed 115 people in Alaska and 16 people in California.
Strong earthquake rattles Alaska Peninsula
Sunday, June 13th, 2010 at 2:45 pm |
By BNO News
EGEGIK, ALASKA (BNO NEWS) -- An earthquake rattled the Alaska Peninsula on early Sunday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The 4.9-magnitude earthquake at 5.43 a.m. local time (1343 GMT) was centered about 25 miles (41 kilometers) east-southeast of Egegik, a tiny city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of Alaska. It struck about 8.3 miles (13.3 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Alaska is seismically active, and has frequent earthquakes although most are too small or too remote to be felt. On Saturday, a 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of King Cove, a city in the Aleutians East Borough of Alaska. There were no casualties.
Even though most earthquakes in the region are fairly small, Alaska is the site of the biggest earthquake ever recorded in North America. A 9.2-magnitude earthquake that lasted nearly five minutes struck 75 miles east of Anchorage on March 27, 1964.
The earthquake and the ensuing tsunami killed 115 people in Alaska and 16 people in California.
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