"Earthquake rocks tiny Alaska villages" by Rachel D’Oro | Associated Press, August 31, 2013
ANCHORAGE — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Alaska’s Aleutian Islands with a jet-like rumble Friday that shook homes and sent residents scrambling for cover....
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the earthquake, which occurred in a seismically active region....
The earthquake did not trigger a tsunami warning, but Michael Burgy of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, said the center was monitoring for potential tsunamis caused by landslides, either on land or under water....
The quake occurred offshore in the subduction zone where plates of the earth’s crust grind and dive. California’s most famous fault line, the San Andreas, is a strike-slip fault. Quakes along strike-slip faults tend to move horizontally.
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