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Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits 39 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 39 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska at 2025-04-02 16:26:39 GMT on Wednesday, ...
Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek,’ a legacy of World War II, is set for a name change
The creek is a mile-long stream on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent Kiska Island 242 miles west of Adak at the far end of the Aleutian chain.
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Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits 39 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska
NEW YORK, April 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 39 km NNW of Attu Station, Alaska at 2025-04-02 16:26:39 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter ...
A new Army manual lays out the ‘arctic determination’ at the heart of fighting in extreme cold
A new U.S. military manual defines the survival and tactical needs of fighting a war in the Arctic and extreme cold weather ...
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5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Reported In US
The earthquake was centered on Attu Station at a depth of 11.8 kilometers (about 7.3 miles). The USGS said it received zero ...
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6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Reported
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake was reported in Papua New Guinea on Friday (April 4), according to the United States Geological ...
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The US island that once belonged to Russia
Today there are around 2,000 Unangax̂ in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands ... Several days later Japanese forces invaded Kiska and Attu islands, the westernmost islands in the Aleutians ...
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Relatives of War Dead from WWII Battle on Attu Island Hope to Retrieve Remains Soon; Over 2,000 Soldier’s Remains Still on Island
Japanese forces captured the island, one of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands ... who are now elderly,” said Nobuyuki Yamazaki, 66, who chairs the Attu Island War-Bereaved Families Association in Abiko, Chiba ...