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A powerful earthquake occurred just south of the Alaska Peninsula Monday afternoon, local time, prompting tsunami warning for part of the coast. The earthquake was initially rated a magnitude 7.4 ...
Nine quakes measuring at least magnitude 5.0 struck on or near the islands and in a cluster offshore to the south Sunday morning and afternoon, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center. Three of the quakes measured 6.0 or stronger, with the biggest a 6.3 temblor offshore.
This convergent boundary is one of the most active in the world, and was the location of the M w 9.2 1964 Alaska earthquake; the largest recorded in North America, and the second largest in the world. [27] On average, the rate at which these plates converge is about 64 mm/year.
Alaska Peninsula, United States see 2021 Chignik earthquake: 55.325 -157.841 0 8.2 M w (USGS) Centred 104km SE of Perryville, Alaska, United States, at a depth of 32.2km. [23] August 11, 2021 17:46 Mindanao, Philippines see 2021 Davao Oriental earthquake: 6.455 126.742 1 7.1 M w (USGS) Centred 63km east of Pondaguitan, Philippines, at a depth ...
The quake occurred at occurred around 10:13 p.m. around 75 miles south of the community of Chignik, according to the National Tsunami Warning Center.
The earthquake triggered a tsunami which reached heights of 10 cm (0.33 ft). [40] 3 1 11 [41] United States, Alaska, Fox Islands offshore, 100 km (62 mi) southeast of Nikolski: 6.8 20.0 VI Spaced an hour apart, these two earthquakes formed a mainshock-aftershock sequence.
Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years. The cause of the quakes under Mount Edgecumbe, a volcano ...