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Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7.
NEW YORK -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at 18:40:27 GMT Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 81.8 km, was ...
Anchorage from earthquake park. Image via Frank K. from Anchorage, Alaska, USA, CC BY 2.0 https ... On February 4, 1965, the Rat Islands were rocked by a magnitude 8.7 quake along the Aleutian Trench.
A strong earthquake happened underwater near the Rat Islands in Alaska. This area is very far away from where most people live, so luckily, nobody was hurt. But even though nobody was around ...
An 8.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Rat Islands, a group of Alaskan islands ... a 9.2 quake in southern Alaska and tsunami killed 131 people and caused over $2 billion in damage across the ...
Two days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska is still shaking. Since Friday's tremor, the strongest to strike The Last Frontier since a 7.9 in the remote Rat Islands in ...
AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm ...