No Tsunami warning after Alaska earthquake
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The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said there was no tsunami warning after the quake.
An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck the Alaska peninsula, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said there was no tsunami warning after the quake.
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), EMSC said.
On 29 July, parts of Alaska came under tsunami warnings after a 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast
The very strong quake was located about 56 miles (91 kilometers) southeast of Perryville, Alaska.
At 29 miles deep (46.7 km), the earthquake is considered shallow. Shallow earthquakes are between 0 and 70 km in depth.
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