Quake Strikes Western End of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake hit the Andreanof Islands on the far western end of Alaska’s Aleutian chain.
The National Earthquake Information Center says that at 8:36 p.m. local time the earthquake hit a spot about 72 miles (116 kilometers) west of the town of Adak, which has about 300 residents.
The agency says the earthquake had a depth of about 6 miles (10 kilometers.)
There were no reports of injuries or damage.
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