NIKOLSKI, ALASKA (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck southwest of a small town on one of the Fox Islands in Alaska on late Saturday evening, seismologists said, but no tsunami warnings were issued.

The 6.7-magnitude earthquake at 9.56 p.m. local time (0556 GMT Sunday) struck about 41 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of Nikolski, a census-designated place on Umnak Island. It struck about 36.7 miles (59 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.

Umnak Island has only a few residents. In the 2000 census, the island had a population of 39.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the earthquake, for which no tsunami warning was issued.

"Based on the earthquake magnitude, location and historic tsunami records, a damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts," a bulletin from the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said.

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