What was the magnitude of the Strong earthquake shakes near the Alaska island region?”
A powerful earthquake shook a remote Aleutian Island region of Alaska late Saturday, but there were no reports of damage or injury and no threat of a tsunami, officials said. The 6.7-magnitude temblor struck at 9:56 p.m. and was centered in the Bering Sea about 155 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit about 21 miles beneath the seabed. There was no danger of a tsunami, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said. The quake was felt in both Dutch Harbor and nearby Unalaska, the nearest communities of any size to the epicenter.
