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Earthquake Hits Aleutian Islands in US: US Geological Survey
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Wolfweeps
- 42 days ago - newsminer.com
SAN FRANCISCO - The US Geological Survey (USGS) has said that an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Aleutian Islands of the US state of Alaska late Tuesday, Xinhua reported. The quake struck the Fox Islands region at 12.21 pm local tim
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Ralph Sutton (45)
Tuesday October 13, 2009, 8:09 pm
Actually, the 6.3 was the second one. The first was a 6.2 that struck roughly 15 hours earlier with 23 smaller ones ranging from 2.5 to 5.0 in between the two strong quakes. The good news is the area is unpopulated.
 

Electra Cy (929)
Tuesday October 13, 2009, 10:50 pm
The Moon strikes back?
 

Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (250)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 3:51 am
So true.. the waves of bombings have vibrated all the way back to haunt us
 

Bruce Anderson (29)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 3:31 pm
Though this is somewhat a serious event for a 6.3 magnitude is getting up there on a scale has 9 as the most severe, I really commend you gals, Electra and Chaz for sheeding some lightheartedness and humor on the subject. Moon striking back, now that is funny...
 
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