Moderate quake jolts Aleutian village

A moderate earthquake struck in
Alaska's Aleutian Islands but apparently caused no
significant damage, AP quoted officials as saying.
The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, was
reported at 9:01 p.m. Thursday, said geophysicist Guy Urban
of the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer. No tsunami
warning was issued.
It was centered 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Nikolski
on Umnak Island, Urban said.
The temblor follows a 5.6-magnitude quake that struck
southwestern Montana on Tuesday. A series of
small-to-moderate quakes have also struck California this
summer.