Tag Rat Islands

Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Depth 10 km Strikes Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands on 6th March 2026

The islands got their name from rats that were accidentally introduced by a Japanese shipwreck in the 1780s. A successful, government-funded program eradicated rats from Hawadax Island, leading to the island’s renaming and the restoration of its native birds and…