M8.0 - RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

[nadinbrzezinski]

M8.0 - RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 8.0
Date-Time
23 Jun 2014 20:53:10 UTC
23 Jun 2014 11:53:11 near epicenter
23 Jun 2014 12:53:10 standard time in your timezone
Location 51.797N 178.759E
Depth 114 km
Distances
24 km (14 mi) SE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska
1370 km (849 mi) E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1387 km (859 mi) E of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
1388 km (860 mi) E of Yelizovo, Russia
2957 km (1833 mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 5.5 km
Parameters Nph = 125; Dmin = 314.8 km; Rmss = 1.17 seconds; Gp = 47°
Version = A
Event ID us c000rki5
For updates, maps, and technical information, see: Event Page or USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Tsunami was generated, warning issued

http://www.tsunami.gov/product.php?id=TSUWCA.20140623.2143.003

[grasswire]

2. any warning for other areas? nt

[malaise]

5. Good report here

http://www.weather.com/safety/earthquake/alaska-earthquake-aleutian-islands-tsunami-warning-20140623

[KamaAina]

3. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025140765

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. The other way actually

I posted as the USGS released the report and did not wait for the news write up.

I get these things in my email box.

They just had a 6.0 aftershock.

[malaise]

4. Damn!

That's big - stay safe folks

[petronius]

6. I would very much like to visit the Rat Islands - evocative name, WWII history,

amazing landscape, nuclear weapons testing*, wildlife... Any-boat owning Alaska DUers want to give me a lift?


(Image source)


* Maybe I'll skip that island.

[KamaAina]

8. Do any Alaskan cruises get out to the Aleutians?

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. When we looked at them for our aniversary, no, they do not

and it was a fun cruise.

[Drew Richards]

10. Hope deadliest catch crews are safe.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. If they are out to sea

they are fine.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Another in the series

M6.9 - RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.9
Date-Time
24 Jun 2014 00:52:28 UTC
23 Jun 2014 15:52:29 near epicenter
23 Jun 2014 16:52:28 standard time in your timezone
Location 51.989N 178.432E
Depth 101 km
Distances
6 km (3 mi) NW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska
1343 km (832 mi) E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
1360 km (843 mi) E of Yelizovo, Russia
1361 km (843 mi) E of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
2962 km (1836 mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 5.6 km
Parameters Nph = 155; Dmin = 306.8 km; Rmss = 0.94 seconds; Gp = 48°
Version =
Event ID us c000rksk