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This list covers all faults and fault-systems that are either geologically important [clarification needed] or connected to prominent seismic activity. [clarification needed] It is not intended to list every notable fault, but only major fault zones.
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.
Tectonic map of Alaska and northwestern Canada showing main faults and historic earthquakes Denali Fault and the Denali National Park boundary. The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from northwestern British Columbia, Canada to the central region of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Aleutian Islands: Unknown: Natives killed by a tsunami in Hawaii. Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists.
The 1949 earthquake was larger than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, causing nearly a 500 kilometer-long segment of the Queen Charlotte Fault to break. The 1958 earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 and led to a major landslide in Lituya Bay, Alaska. This resulted in a 1,720-foot (524-meter) tsunami that crashed into a mountainside, the largest ...
May 7, 1986 Andreanof Islands earthquake: This magnitude 7.9 earthquake caused damage on Adak Island and Atka Island. The resultant tsunami was recorded throughout the Pacific. [11] On June 23, 2014, a 7.9 quake occurred near Little Sitkin Island, Alaska. On July 17, 2017, a magnitude 7.7 quake occurred 198 kilometres (123 mi) ESE of Nikol ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... List of earthquakes in Alaska * National Tsunami Warning Center; ... 2017 Komandorski Islands earthquake;
Tremor and slow-slip earthquakes have also been observed in the Aleutian subduction zone. [2] The low frequency earthquake (LFE) hypocenters associated with these processes are located near Kodiak Island, Shumagin Gap, Unalaska, and the Andreanof Islands, down-dip of these great megathrust events, where the two converging plates are thought to ...