Small earthquake hits Alaska's Prince William Sound region

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AP Valdez (Alaska)
Last Updated : Apr 22 2019 | 9:45 AM IST

The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a small earthquake has hit the Prince William Sound region of Alaska.

The Fairbanks-based center says a magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck at 11:48 am Sunday about 24 miles (39 kilometers) northwest of Valdez, which has about 3,900 residents.

The center adds that residents of Valdez felt it.

The earthquake had a depth of 11 miles (18 kilometers.) The center says that at 6:04 pm Sunday, a magnitude 3.1 earthquake hit a spot 26 miles (42 kilometers) east of Knik-Fairview, a town of about 900 people in the Anchorage metropolitan area.

The earthquake had a depth of 20 miles. (33 kilometers.)

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First Published: Apr 22 2019 | 9:45 AM IST

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