Strong earthquake shakes Alaska island region (Magn. 6.7)

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Source: guardian

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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.
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"We get earthquakes out here fairly often, so we noticed it was definitely one of the bigger ones, but it was no big deal," she said.


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the link to the USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010ywaq/

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1. God must be angry at Palin for something...

:sarcasm:

[tanyev]

2. Sarah just found out that Bristol is pregnant again?

[lunatica]

4. Good one!

"Sarah just found out that Bristol is pregnant again?"

[Joe Bacon]

3. The Fox Islands???????????????????

You gotta be kidding!