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No Damage Reported In Saturday's 5.4-Magnitude Quake

Alaska Earthquake Center/ U.S. Geological Survey

A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook Unalaska and Akutan over the weekend.

The quake struck Saturday at 5:25 a.m. about 20 miles south of Akutan, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center and U.S. Geological Survey.

It hit about 44 miles deep

While some slept through the event, several people in both Aleutian communities reported feeling a slight shaking that lasted about 30 seconds. There have been no reports of damage.

Laura Kraegel reported for KUCB from 2016 until 2020. She was KUCB's news director starting in 2019. We are proud to have her back in the spring of 2023 filling in as an interim reporter for KUCB.
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