Strong earthquake rocks remote western Aleutian Islands
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Earthquake Center says a strong earthquake rocked an area of the remote Aleutian Islands.
The centre recorded the quake at a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and its depth at 7 miles (11 kilometres).
The epicenter was 75 miles (120 kilometres) southwest of Adak in the Andreanof Islands, an island group near the west end of the Aleutians. No damage was reported.
The epicenter was more than 1,200 miles (1930 kilometres) southwest of Anchorage.
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