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On October 23, 2002, there was a magnitude 6.7 earthquake located on the Denali fault. The event's aftershocks revealed a 45 km (28 mi) long fault rupture along the Denali fault, but aerial reconnaissance could not locate a surface rupture. This rupture extends to 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the mainshock's epicenter.
It was the main fault along which the 2002 Denali earthquake occurred, which was measured as a magnitude of 7.9 M w. [8] During the afternoon of November 3, 2002, the water in Seattle's Lake Union suddenly began sloshing hard enough to knock houseboats off their moorings.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Calama, Chile on March 28 at a depth of 125.1 km (77.7 mi), Some Landslides Blocked Roads. A Magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Hualien City, Taiwan on March 31 at a depth of 32.8 km (20.4 mi), 5 people were killed and a 20 cm tsunami was observed in The Ryuku Islands, Japan.
A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami. Researchers mapped it comprehensively for the first time.
While earthquakes as large as 6.5 or below are very unlikely to trigger a tsunami and those between 6.5 and 7.5 do not usually produce destructive tsunamis, larger earthquakes could result in much ...
The 7.9-magnitude 2002 Denali earthquake struck the region in November 2002. The earthquake initiated with thrust movement on the previously unrecognized Susitna Glacier fault. [2] Aerial view of Susitna Glacier flowing from Moby Dick mountain
Aftershocks continued Friday after a strong earthquake that prompted a tsunami warning for parts of the U.S. West Coast Thursday. "At this time, there have been 59 earthquakes of magnitude three ...
The earthquake and tsunami combined killed 28 people, injured 287, and left five missing. Property damage included 815 houses completely destroyed, 1,324 half-damaged, and 6,395 partially damaged, with 20 lost to fire and 1,621 rendered uninhabitable. The tsunami swept away 91 houses, flooded 328 others, and damaged 451 ships and boats.