Magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattles Alaska's west Aleutian Islands

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake rumbled north of Alaska's Aleutian Islands but did not cause a tsunami or damage structures.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake occurred at 2:24 p.m. about 204 kilometres northwest of Attu Island near the far west end of the Aleutians.

The Alaska Earthquake Center says the moderate earthquake was at a depth of about 26 kilometres.

Residents of Shemya Island about 147 miles southeast of the earthquake felt the ground move.

Attu is nearly 2,414 kilometres southwest of Anchorage.