Juneau: A ship sinking Kodiak Island four decades ago had begun to leak the diesel fuel, and a trembling official suspect from the big magnitude of 8.2 earthquakes might be the reason.
The ship sank in 1989 at Womens Bay, “and has rested there since,” Jade Gamble, the coordinator of spill in the state scene, told Coastalaska.
The first report of oil sheen came in a week after the July 28 earthquake, the largest in the US in the last half century.
It is not clear how much diesel fuel or other contaminants remaining in Saint Patrick used shells of 138 feet (42 meters) were beaten by evil waves in November 1981 near Marmot Island.
KRU 12 ships left behind; Only two survivors.
The ship was finally pulled into the Womens Bay, where then sank.
“They can minimize leaks,” Gamble said.
“Our main goal is to make sure we don’t have several types of disaster releases.” An official at the center of the Alaska earthquake said it was not clear whether the earthquake was responsible for ship leaks.
Episentor is about 260 miles (420 kilometers) southwest of Womens Bay.
Despite its size, the earthquake does not cause serious damage or produces a large tsunami.
“Kodiak did not experience something significant,” said Seismologist Natalia Rupert.
“And the wreck of this ship even further from the source of the earthquake, I think it’s possible.” There are other big earthquakes that are much closer to Womens Bay which will produce stronger land shocks, said Rupert.
“Maybe it is a cumulative effect of multiple earthquakes which for many years reaching the critical stage – only difficult to say,” he said.
The coast guard confirmed the sheen in Sebebebang 6 August, and said the contractor was in a scene that helped with his detention.
The oil spill trial fund has been activated since Saint Patrick does not seem to have the owner, said the beach guard.