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The most recent events is thought to have occurred in 1788, which were a pair of large events, and in 1854. [17] Two smaller earthquakes shook near the seismic gap in 1917 and 1948. [18] [19] That proposal also highlighted the potential for a tsunami accompanying an earthquake on the gap. [20]
There are small earthquake swarms every couple of years on average in the subduction zone along the Aleutian chain. A swarm occured in May about 350 miles (550 kilometers) east of Sunday's activity, the center said. The quakes on Sunday did not appear related to recent seismic activity at a volcano near Anchorage that last erupted in 1992.
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The earthquake was felt widely throughout the Aleutian Islands, the Alaskan Peninsula and Cook Inlet regions, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center. In Kodiak, Alaska, sirens warned of a ...
The Salcha seismic zone is a fault line in the Interior region of Alaska, United States, generally located to the east of Fairbanks.The fault runs for 65 km (40 mi) from the northern edge of the Alaska Range across the Tanana Valley to the southern end of the Yukon–Tanana Uplands and is parallel to the Fairbanks and Minto Seismic Zones located further west.
Jul. 16—Update: This story has been updated with a new article: 7.2 earthquake off Alaska Peninsula triggers brief tsunami warning, sending some residents to higher ground Update, 12:55 a.m ...
The quake was centered near Sand Point, a city of about 900 people off the Alaska Peninsula where wave levels late Monday topped 2 feet (0.61 meters), according to the National Tsunami Warning Center.
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