America: The magnitude 6.8 earthquake triggered Alaska

The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported September 2 (US time), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the Aleutian Islands, in the state of Alaska.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported September 2 (American time), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the Aleutian Islands, in the state of Alaska, causing authorities to issued a tsunami warning notice in this area.

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The USGS announcement said the earthquake occurred at 1:55 (local time), located at a depth of 35km, 130km from Dutch Harbor town. The epicenter of the earthquake is 1,600km from Anchorage, the largest city of Alaska state.

According to USGS, the level of vibration led to the Alaska and West Coast Tsunami Warning Center issuing a tsunami warning for many Alaska coast areas, however, there is no risk of a wave. gods are destructive on a large scale. There is still no information about the earthquake and damage of the earthquake.

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According to the latest information, the tsunami warning was canceled after the authorities only recorded a small wave off Atka region in Alaska.

Just over a week ago, on August 23, Americans also suffered an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scale.

The earthquake in the US state of Virginia was centered on Mineral City, about 150km southwest of Washington, DC, and rocked the northeastern states of the United States, even to Take Canada.

The earthquake also moved many radioactive waste tanks of the Virginia state nuclear center but did not damage the concrete tanks.

Update 16 December 2018
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