The July 8.2 earthquake off the coast of Alaska may have caused a ship to sank to spill fuel near Kodiak, an official said

June – A ship that sank off Kodiak Island four decades ago begins to leak diesel, and a government official suspects that the ground shaking from a massive 8.2-magnitude earthquake last month may be to blame.

The ship sank in 1989 in Women’s Bay, “and has been resting there ever since,” Jade Gamble, the state’s spill coordinator at the site, told CoastAlaska.

The first reports of oil sheen came a week after the July 28 earthquake, the largest in the United States in the past half century.

It’s not clear how much diesel fuel or other pollutants remain in St. Patrick’s.

The 138-foot (42 m) boat was hit by a ferocious wave in November 1981 near Marmot Island. Crew of 12 abandoned ships. Only two survived. The ship was eventually towed to Women’s Bay, where it later sank.

“They’ve been able to keep the leakage to a minimum,” Gamble said. “Our main goal is to ensure that there is no type of catastrophic release.”

An official with the Alaska Earthquake Center said it was not clear if the quake was responsible for the ship’s leak. The epicenter was about 260 miles (420 kilometers) southwest of Women’s Bay.

Despite its size, the earthquake did not cause major damage or produce a large tsunami.

“Kodiak hasn’t seen anything significant,” said seismologist Natalia Robert. “And the fact that this shipwreck is so far from the source of the earthquake, I think it’s possible.”

Robert said there were other large earthquakes that were much closer to the Bay of Womens that would have produced stronger ground shaking.

“Maybe it was a cumulative effect of these multiple earthquakes that over the years have kind of gotten to a critical stage — it’s hard to pin down,” she said.

The Coast Guard confirmed the flashing of a flyover on August 6, and said a contractor is on site to help with containment.

The Coast Guard said the Oil Spill Liability Trust was activated because it did not appear to be an owner.

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