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| Earthquake sparks tsunami warning off Alaska coast | |
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| A regional tsunami warning has been issued after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake south-east of Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands. | A regional tsunami warning has been issued after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake south-east of Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands. |
| The quake's epicentre was some 125 miles (200km) from the settlement of Atka, at a depth of 22 miles, the US Geological Survey reported. | The quake's epicentre was some 125 miles (200km) from the settlement of Atka, at a depth of 22 miles, the US Geological Survey reported. |
| Atka - some 1,000 miles south-west of Anchorage - has a population of less than 100, according to a census in 2000. | |
| Its main industry is fishing. | Its main industry is fishing. |
| The quake rocked the remote Pacific region at 1055 GMT, said the USGS. | |
| The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it did not forecast a widespread destructive tsunami from Friday's earthquake. | The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it did not forecast a widespread destructive tsunami from Friday's earthquake. |
| The warning is for coastal areas of Alaska which are very remote and not heavily populated, the Associated Press reported. | |
| The region was the site of the world's biggest tsunami on record, when a massive rock-fall caused by a quake in 1958 led to a wave 1,720 ft (520m) high. |