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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 32.2 km: Limited damage ...
An earthquake occurred off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula on July 28, 2021, at 10:15 p.m. local time. [5] The large megathrust earthquake had a moment magnitude ( Mw) of 8.2 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). [6] A tsunami warning was issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) but later ...
The region has experienced severe earthquakes in the past, including several megathrust earthquakes. The 1964 earthquake, with a magnitude of 9.2, was the largest earthquake in American history and the second largest to ever be recorded anywhere in the world. Though earthquakes are common in Alaska, they often occur out at sea.
An early morning 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook part of Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 24.6-mile deep quake hit 3 miles from Anchorage at 6:01 a.m. on Oct. 6, according to the ...
The earthquake was assigned a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Shaking was felt across much of Alaska and parts of western Yukon and British Columbia in Canada. [9] The Alaska earthquake was a subduction zone (megathrust) earthquake, caused by an
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 ...
Isoseismal map of the Alaska Earthquake in 2018 provided by the US Geological Survey. On January 23, 2018, at 00:31 AKST, an earthquake occurred in the Gulf of Alaska near Kodiak Island. The earthquake, measured at 7.9 on the Mw scale, was approximately 280 kilometers (170 mi) southeast of Kodiak and happened at a depth of 25 kilometers (16 mi).
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 ...