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Large quake strikes off Alaska but no tsunami expected
POSTED: 08:40 a.m. HST, Sep 14, 2011
LAST UPDATED: 08:56 a.m. HST, Sep 14, 2011
A large earthquake struck off Alaska's Aleutian islands but did not generate a Pacific-wide tsunami this morning, officials said.
The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, struck 16 miles north-northwest of Attu, Alaska at 9:10 a.m. near the epicenter (8:10 a.m. Hawaii time), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said that a tsunami is not expected. "However, in coastal areas of intense shaking, locally generated tsunamis can be triggered by underwater landslides," center officials said.
There were no immediate reports of damage.
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