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| Strong Earthquake Hits Aleutian Islands |
| 2006-06-14 |
| Washington D.C. (AHN) - An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit the Aleutian Islands off Alaska late Tuesday night. According to Xinhua news, there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service reports that the quake occurred at 0418 GMT on Wednesday at a depth of 15 km in the ocean, a few kilometers west of Kiska Island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutians, 274 km southeast of Attu Station. They've been having a swarm of quakes in this region. Click on this map to see the cluster in the Rat Island group. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Still feeling minor quakes/tremors here in Guam - may or may not be related to the Aleuts, as Marianas volcanoes are pluming + undersea vol giving birth. ARISE, LEMURIA, ARISE LIKE LEE VAN CLEEF AS DRACULA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-06-14 22:08 |
| #6 We are fine. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2006-06-14 16:50 |
| #5 Are the rats OK? |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-06-14 16:46 |
| #4 Ima buried under rubble, actually pallets of electrical materials, but Ima Hokay. [/mucky channel] |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-06-14 15:01 |
| #3 Maybe Kiska is getting ready to blow her top |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-06-14 14:59 |
| #2 I live outside of Anchorage and didn't feel a thing all night. That's not an unusual area for earthquake activity, but dozens of 3-4s is out of the ordinary. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-06-14 11:54 |
| #1 Where's AP? |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-06-14 11:50 |