Fox Islands Earthquakes : 6.7-magnitude earthquake, no damage reported

A Powerful earthquake rattled south west of 1 of the Fox Islands in Alaska on late Saturday evening, seismologists told, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The 6.7-magnitude earthquake at 9.56 p.m. local time (0556 GMT Sunday) struck about 25 miles (45 kilometers) west of Nikolski, a census-designated place on Umnak Island. It struck approximately 21.7 miles (35 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

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