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Alaska Earthquakes Top 9 000 Since Great Quake
The Coast and Geodetic Survey reports over 9 200 Alaska quakes since the March 27 disaster. Aftershocks mostly clustered in a band from Prince William Sound to southeast of Kodiak, with six felt across the zone and 200 to 300 tremors felt locally. Six aftershocks within 10 hours exceeded magnitude 6.0, while the main quake reached 8.5 killing 1,070 in Skopje and 120 in Los Angeles in earlier events.
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Washington
Alaska
Coast and Geodetic Survey
North American
Prince Willian Sound
Kodiak Island
S. T. Algermissen
Seismology Division
Algermissen