Alaska, earthquake
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I’ve got liquid smoke and barbecue sauce and pickles ... broken on the floor,” the manager of the local general store said. “It smells horrendous in here.”
No damage was immediately reported. The main threat had been dangerous currents or waves, not widespread inundation, the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said.
The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in the Aleutian Chain.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands late Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said.. The quake occurred 58 miles (94 kilometers) east-southeast of Yunaska Island ...