Alaska Offshore Earthquake Poses No Threat to North Pacific Flight Corridors or Cruise Routes
Official seismic telemetry from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Alaska Earthquake Center confirms that a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred offshore in the Fox Islands arc of the Aleutian Islands. The event struck deep beneath the southern Bering Sea approximately 163 to 167 kilometers west-southwest of Nikolski on Umnak Island. Despite the significant […]