The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.9-magnitude earthquake with a depth of 14 miles southwest of Nikolski in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, late Sunday. No immediate casualties or damages have been reported, according to Reuters.
USGS reported that the quake struck 60 miles southwest of the village of Nikolski and a number of aftershocks followed, according to the Alaska Earthquake information Center. The National Tsunami Warning Center also reported that it will not issue a tsunami alert because a tsunami wasn't generated by the quake.
The Aleutian arc is a seismically active area with a population of less than 20 people based on the 2010 census. Moderate to large earthquakes occur each year. Since 1900, a total of 12 earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.5 have hit the region, according to The Independent.
The earthquake took place in the Aleutian Trench, which s the northern part of the "Pacific Rim of Fire," where seismic activity is nothing new to the people there, according to CNN.
