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A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported. The earthquake was ...
More than 530 people reported feeling the quake, the USGS said.
The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964. [2] Across south-central Alaska , ground fissures, collapsing structures, and tsunamis resulting from the earthquake caused about 131 deaths.
In a summary posted on its website Sunday night, the earthquake center said the 6.3 magnitude quake at a depth of about 11 miles (18 kilometers) did not raise concern on its own because of its offshore location and the lack of damage reports, while the events that followed within the hour above magnitude 5.0 were expected aftershocks.
The earthquake was initially rated a magnitude 7.4 but was upgraded to a magnitude 7.5 with a depth of 40.1 km (25 miles), according to the USGS. The epicenter was approximately 575 miles ...
This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Alaska. Date MMI Mag. Coordinates Depth Deaths Injuries Comments Ref 2021-07-28: VIII: 8.2 M w ... Road Damage [2] 2018 ...
The 2002 Denali earthquake occurred at 22:12:41 UTC (1:12 PM Local Time) November 3 with an epicenter 66 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska, United States. This 7.9 M w earthquake was the largest recorded in the United States in 37 years (after the 1965 Rat Islands earthquake). The shock was the strongest ever recorded in the interior of ...
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 ...