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A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no immediate tsunami warning issued after the quake at around 1 a.m.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday, but officials quickly downgraded and then canceled a tsunami warning ...
The earthquakes were mostly small and along coastal areas of the country's largest state. The quakes registered from as low as a 2.5 up to 5.2 on the Richter Scale. On Monday there were additional quakes in the area, along with another closer to home.