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UPDATE 1 -- Tsunami warning canceled following powerful quake off Alaskan island


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UPDATE 1 -- Tsunami warning canceled following powerful quake off Alaskan island

2011-06-24 11:25:28 GMT+7 (ICT)

AMUKTA PASS, ALASKA (BNO NEWS) -- A powerful earthquake struck near an Alaskan island in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday evening, seismologists said, prompting a tsunami warning for local coastlines that was later canceled.

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake at 6.09 p.m. local time (0309 GMT Friday) was centered about 39 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Amukta Island, a small uninhabited island between the Fox Islands and the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands. It struck about 38.9 miles (62.6 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said no destructive tsunami had been observed following the quake.

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-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-06-24

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