A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that the Alaska Earthquake Center reported Saturday morning apparently didn’t happen.
The quake appeared on the center’s earthquake map saying it occurred at 8:32 a.m. off the coast of southern Alaska. The online posting said the epicenter was located in the Gulf of Alaska, 66 miles south of Chignik, a community of 87 people on the Alaska Peninsula, the center said.
SERIES OF QUAKES RATTLE NEW ZEALAND, NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR MAJOR DAMAGE
The Alaska Earthquake Center has deleted an earthquake event that said a magnitude 6.2 quake occurred off the coast of southern Alaska.
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Later Saturday morning, they posted a note saying, “Event Deleted Notification” and “This event has been deleted after review by a seismologist.”
Phone and email messages left with the earthquake center seeking comment on what happened were not returned.
