M7.2 quake recorded off Alaska coast

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 was recorded off the southern coast of Alaska on Wednesday, TASS reported citing the US Geological Survey (USGS).

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According to the USGS, the epicenter of the quake was 87 kilometers south of Sand Point city, at a depth of 20.1 kilometers.

No injuries or damages were reported.  

Earlier, Kazakh seismologists recorded an earthquake 379 kilometers away from Almaty, in the territory of Kyrgyzstan.