Another large earth earthquake has rocked Alaska for 2013. A 7.0 magnitude quake shook the Aleutian Islands on Friday, which caused homes to move and residents to run for cover.
The large quake struck at around 8:25 a.m. local time and preceded to get stronger as it went on. "I heard it coming," Kathleen Nevzoroff, who was sitting at her computer in the village of Adak told the Associated Press. "I ran to my doors and opened them and my chimes were all ringing."
There are no reports of serious damage or injuries as of yet as a result of the earthquake. The Aleutian Islands are located in a seismically active region. This particular quake was strongly felt in the Aleut community of Atka, where only 64 people live. It was also felt in Adak, where 320 people reside. There were many aftershocks following the earthquake and one even measure 4.9 magnitude.
Despite its size, there was no tsunami warning following the quake. However Michael Burgy of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska said that the activity is being closely monitored as tsunamis could be cause by landslides on land or under the water.
According to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center, the earthquake was centered about 67 miles southwest of Adak, which is 1,200 miles from Anchorage. The tremors lasted up to a minute.
City clerk Debra Sharrah was another Adak resident who felt the quake as she was getting ready for work in her two-story townhouse.
"I thought it was my dog running up the stairs," she told AP. "It kept making noise and then it got louder. So then all of a sudden the rumbling started."
Sharrah says the homes were shaking and swaying. She left the building with her dog as the building seemed to be moving for a long period of time. However when she went to inspect the damage, she only found that a stool had feel over.
"Nothing fell off my walls, and the wine glasses didn't go out of the hutch or anything," said Sharrah.
This isn't the only time in 2013 that an earthquake struck Alaska. A 7.5 quake hit the state in January.
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