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No damage or tsunami from 5.1 quake in Aleutians


The Associated Press

(03/09/10 10:16:47)

FAIRBANKS -- The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 5.1 quake has struck the Andreanof Islands region of the Aleutian chain, but there are no reports of damage and the quake did not generate a tsunami.

The quake occurred at 5:06 a.m. local time today and was centered more than 300 miles west of Dutch Harbor and more than 1,300 miles southwest of Fairbanks.

 


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