nearly 300 volcanic islands make up the Aleutian chain. The native Unangax̂ (Aleuts) inhabited the area for millennia before Russian colonization and the introduction of Christianity in the 18th ...

in the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands chain. The U.S. Geological Survey measured it as a 4.9-magnitude quake while the Alaska Earthquake Centre registered it as a 5.1-magnitude temblor.