List of earthquakes in Alaska
This is an incomplete list of earthquakes in Alaska.
| Date | MMI | Mag. | Coordinates | Depth | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-30 | VIII | 7.1 Mw | 61.340°N 149.937°W | 46.7 km | 117 | Road Damage [1][2] | ||
| 2018-01-23 | 7.9 Mw | 56.058°N 149.097°W | 10 km | [3] | ||||
| 2016-01-24 | VII | 7.1 Mw | 59.61°N 153.34°W | 127.8 km | ||||
| 2014-06-23 | VI | 7.9 Mw | 51.80°N 178.76°W | 107.5 km | Tsunami | |||
| 2002-11-03 | IX | 7.9 Mw | 63.51°N 147.6°W | 13 km | 1 | |||
| 1986-05-07 | VI | 8.0 Mw | 51.52°N 174.78°E | 19 km | Moderate damage / tsunami | [4] | ||
| 1975-02-02 | IX | 7.6 Ms | 53°07′N 173°30′E | 10 km | 15 | |||
| 1965-02-04 | VI | 8.7 Mw | 51.29°N 178.55°W | 36 km | Tsunami | |||
| 1964-03-27 | XI | 9.2 Mw | 61.04°N 147.73°W | 23 km | 139 | Tsunami | ||
| 1958-07-10 | XI | 7.8 Mw | 58.37°N 136.67°W | 35 km | 5 | Megatsunami | ||
| 1957-03-09 | VIII | 8.6 Mw | 51.5°N 175.63°W | 25 km | Tsunami | |||
| 1946-04-01 | VI | 8.6 Mw | 53.49°N 162.83°W | 15 km | 165–173 | Tsunami | ||
| 1906-08-17 | 8.35 Mw | 50.6°N 178.36°E | — | |||||
| 1899-09-10 | 8.0 Mw | 60.0°N 140.0°W | — | 47 feet (14 metres) uplift | [5] | |||
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See also
References
- "M 7.1 - 14km NNW of Anchorage, Alaska". usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. November 30, 2018.
- "Alaska earthquake claimed no lives, officials say, but infrastructure damage is another story". FOX News. FOX News Network, LLC. November 30, 2018.
- "M 7.9 - 280km SE of Kodiak, Alaska". usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. January 23, 2018.
- National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- Page, RA; Biswas, NN; Lahr, JC; Pulpan, H (1991) Seismicity of continental Alaska. In: Slemmons, DB; Engdahl, ER; Zoback, MD; Blackwell, DD (eds.). Neotectonics of North America (PDF). Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America.
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