Near Islands

The Near Islands ( "near islands" ) are the western island group of the Aleutian Islands. The Alaska (USA) belonging Near Islands are the closest to the Russian mainland island group of the Aleutian Islands and therefore received by the Russian explorers that name.

The largest of the Near Islands are Attu and Agattu Iceland. Besides a few rocky islands in the channel between Attu and Agattu, are the other major islands of this group the Semichi Islands in the north- east, from which Alaid, Nizki and Shemya are worth mentioning. About 30 km east-southeast of Shemya Iceland are some rocky islands, the Ingenstrem Rocks. The total land area of ​​the Near Islands is 1143.785 km ² and a total of 47 people populate according to the 2000 census, the islands. Inhabited only the islands of Attu and Shemya. ( Attu is, according to pilot and aircraft that were there recently, uninhabited since 2010. Source: Bulletin 2013/ 08, page 24 )

Historical earthquakes

Here, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale on 1 February 1975 at 22:43:39.1 local time. When quake several people were injured on Shemya Iceland and there was great damage to property. On Shemya vertical displacements of up to 16.5 m were observed. Landslides occurred, water tanks shattered and underground water pipes broke. The quake was felt on Attu.