Kodiak City residents feel moderate earthquake in region

People in Kodiak City reported early Saturday, May 23 that they felt a moderate earthquake that struck the Kodiak Island region.

The magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit at 12:52 a.m. Saturday and had an epicenter that was 58 miles (94 km) south of Akhiok and 140 miles southwest of Kodiak City, which has about 6,000 residents, the center said. The earthquake had a depth of 5 miles (8 km.)

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