The quake hit at 7:01 p.m. PST. The epicenter in the North
Pacific about 40 miles east of the village of Nikolski and 850 miles southwest
of Anchorage . There are no reports of injuries or major damage.
"There was some very minor damage at Nikolski, with
items knocked off shelves and small items damaged." said by George Carts.
Carts said the quake was felt strongly in the towns of
Unalaska, Dutch Harbor and Nikolski. These three fishing villages are located
on western islands in the Aleutian chain.
There were 20 aftershocks, one measured 5.0 on the scale. “There
are none was powerful enough to cause a tsunami.” said by officer. The earthquake
of 6.6 magnitudes can cause severe damage if it hits populated areas but Aleutians
are sparsely settled.
Richter scale measures ground motion and is recorded on seismographs,
it states that each increase of one number means a tenfold increase in
magnitude, for example, 7.5 is 10 times greater than 6.5.
For the official categories, it also states that 3.5 can
cause slight damage, 4 can cause moderate damage, 5 are considerable damage, 6
are consider severe damage, 7 can cause major earthquake and widespread heavy
damage, and 8 cause great quake.
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