Alaska’s Aleutian Islands rocked by earthquake

WASHINGTON: Bay Area earthquake, Alaska’s Aleutian Islands rocked by quake, A 2nd earthquake in less than 24 hours shook Alaska’s desolate Aleutian Islands Tuesday measuring 6.3 on the moment magnitude, US seismologists said.

The quake hit some 75 miles (120 kilometers) from Nikolski off the coast at a depth of some 8.5 miles (13.7 kilometers) at 2021 GMT, the US Geological Survey reported.

It came after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the islands late Monday at 9:37 pm (0537 GMT Tuesday) about 91 kilometers (57 miles) southwest of Unalaska, a town of about 4,000 people, according to the USGS.