Earthquake of 6.6 magnitude hits Alaska
Tuesday - May 9, 2017 1:18 am ,
Category : WORLD
Earthquake of 6.6 magnitude hits Alaska
San Francisco May 9 (IANS) An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude hit a town in the US state of Alaska on Monday a media report said.
The earthquake hit about 145 kilometres west of Adak a town located on Adak Island in Alaska Xinhua news agency reported.
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center said the quake took place 9:01 a.m. local time at depth of 1.6 kilometre.
According to the 2010 US census Adak of the Aleutians West Census Area which is the town closest to the epicentre had a population of 326.
While there has been no immediate report of injury or damage from the quake Alaska experienced four tremors in the previous 48 hours.
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