Alaska, tsunami and earthquake
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Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years
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iHeart on MSN5.4 Magnitude Earthquake Reported In USA 5.4-magnitude earthquake was reported in Alaska on Wednesday (July 16), according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered in Atka at a depth of 69 kilometers (about 43 miles). The USGS said it received one report of person having felt the earthquake at the time of publication.
Ground shaking was strongest in Sand Point, with reports of "objects flying out of the pantry and off of shelves," noted the Alaska Earthquake Center.