MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A moderate magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Friday off the Attu Island in the Aleutians in the US state of Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake was registered at 10:24 p.m. UTC some 126 miles northwest of the Attu Station. The USGS estimated that it occurred at the depth of over 6 miles.
The Alaska Earthquake Center said the quake hit near the US-Russian maritime boundary. It said there were no reports of this event causing damage and no tsunami was expected.
