Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

< 1 mn readSeismologists are monitoring an earthquake swarm that is continuing to develop off Alaska‘s Aleutian Island chain and includes several stronger quakes. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the first magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred just before 11 a.m. local time on Sunday in the Pacific Ocean about 70 miles southwest of Adak, Alaska, at a depth of about 11 miles. Within the hour, […]