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UTC time: 1946-04-01 12:29:01: ISC event: 898313: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: April 1, 1946 (): Local time: 02:29: Magnitude: 7.4 M s, 8.6 M w, 9.3 M t: Depth: 15 km (9.3 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Megathrust: Areas affected: Hawaii, Alaska United States: Max. intensity: MMI VI (Strong): Tsunami: Up to 42 m (138 ft) at Unimak Island: Casualties: 165–173 [2]: The 1946 Aleutian Islands ...
The south coast is vulnerable to Nankai megathrust earthquakes. 1,362 people were killed and 2,600 were injured. 36,000 homes were destroyed. A tsunami washed the shoreline contributing to the devastation with wave heights around 20 feet. 1,362: 2,600 21 [116] Soviet Union, east of Kuril Islands, Russia: 6.9: 20.0: 25 [117] United States, Rat ...
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This includes both faulting along the plate interfaces and within the subducting slabs. For the Philippine Trench, examples of those on the plate interface are the 1988 M w 7.3 and the 2023 M7.6 events. The 1975 M w 7.6 earthquake was caused by intra-slab normal faulting, while the 2012 M7.6 was a result of thrust faulting within the descending ...
1945 Balochistan earthquake: 1 April 1946 03:29 (local time) Aleutian Islands, Alaska: 173 8.6 M w [33] Majority of the deaths was the result of the tsunami hitting Hawaii. One tsunami fatality in California. 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake: 21 December 1946 04:19 (local time) NankaidÅ, Japan: 1,362+ 8.3 M w [34] 1946 Nankai earthquake: 4 ...
1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake; 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake This page was last edited on 26 December 2020, at 09:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
1965 Rat Islands earthquake: 8.7 8 August 15, 1950: Assam, India – Tibet, China 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake: 8.6–8.7 [38] 9 April 1, 1946: Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake: 8.6 9 March 28, 2005: Sumatra, Indonesia 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake: 8.6 9 March 9, 1957: Andreanof Islands, Alaska ...
The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [ 1 ] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [ 2 ] which is complete to December 2005.