Earthquake Rocks the Aleutian Island Chain
From Times Wire Reports
An earthquake shook the Aleutian Islands, but there were no reports of damage.
The magnitude 6.1 quake hit just before 12:30 p.m. Alaska time, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Jamal Daniels, at the Coast Guard’s long range navigation station on Attu, more than 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage.
The 20 people at the Coast Guard station are the only inhabitants of Attu, Alaska’s westernmost point. The quake was centered 90 miles south of Attu in the Pacific Ocean.
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