Alaska Earthquake Follows Typhoon Halong’s Destruction in Coastal Villages

Alaska Earthquake Follows Typhoon Halong’s Destruction in Coastal Villages

The ground trembled off Alaska’s southern shores Thursday, delivering a fresh blow just as the state struggles to recover from unprecedented flooding. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck at 11:48 a.m. ET, about 39 miles off the coast of Akutan, a community of nearly 1,600 people that also hosts North America’s largest fish processing plant. “More than a dozen people have issued reports of shaking to the USGS,” the agency said, adding that the quak…