An earthquake measuring a 5.6 magnitude rocked several islands near Alaska on Monday night.
The tremors were felt across the Fox Islands and the Aleutian Islands at 9:13 p.m.
The United States Geological Survey(USGS), a government agency, shared the details on its website giving the time of the earthquake in Coordinated Universal Time as “6:13 a.m. UTC.”
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In terms of landslide estimates, the agency said “little or no area affected” and “little or no population exposed.” The agency also said it had issued a “Green alert for shaking-relating fatalities and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage.”
The USGS posted preliminary details about the earthquake to its 127,000 followers on social media site X (previously known as Twitter).
Newsweek has reached out by email to the USGS for further information and comment, and is seeking to contact Alaskan authorities.
This is a developing story, with further details to come.
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