Alaska rocked by 7.0-magnitude quake
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No one died in Washington, though four members of the McKinzie family from Tacoma drowned while camping on a beach in Newport, Oregon. A woman in Gearhart, Oregon, died of a heart attack after a wave hit her home, and 11 people died in Crescent City, California. The quake and tsunami killed 115 people in Alaska.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the Alaska–Canada border on Saturday, with tremors felt in Yakutat and Juneau, according to the USGS. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported that there is no tsunami threat. The quake struck at 11:41 a.m. local time on Saturday at a depth of 10 km.
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JUNEAU, Alaska, EE.UU. (AP) — Un fuerte terremoto de magnitud 7,0 sacudió una zona remota cerca de la frontera entre Alaska y el territorio canadiense de Yukón el sábado. No hubo alerta de tsunami, y las autoridades indicaron que de momento no se han reportado daños ni heridos.