EARTHQUAKE IN ALASKA
(N.Z Press Assn.—Copyright) PASADENA, (California), July 2.
A potentially - damaging earthquake of "considerable force” hit an undetermined area of Alaska yesterday it was reported in Pasadena. A seismologist, Dr. Charles Richter, said the epicentre of the earthquake was about 2500 miles north-west of Pasadena.
He said it had a magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter scale. Dr. Richter said he was unable to determine if the area of impact was in the Alaska peninsula or near Fairbanks.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31411, 3 July 1967, Page 11
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