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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts) Sat Jan 5, 2013, 12:02 PM Jan 2013

Major quake Alaska [View all]

7.7 Mwp - SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.7 Mwp
Date-Time
5 Jan 2013 08:58:19 UTC
4 Jan 2013 23:58:19 near epicenter
5 Jan 2013 00:58:19 standard time in your timezone
Location 55.292N 134.728W
Depth 9 km
Distances
101 km (63 miles) SW (221 degrees) of Edna Bay, AK
102 km (64 miles) W (259 degrees) of Craig, AK
106 km (66 miles) S (182 degrees) of Port Alexander, AK
1032 km (641 miles) NW (315 degrees) of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 12.3 km; Vertical 4.4 km
Parameters Nph = 362; Dmin = 103.8 km; Rmss = 1.14 seconds; Gp = 129°
M-type = Mwp; Version = 7
Event ID us c000ejqv
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DU'ers you ok?

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Major quake Alaska [View all] nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 OP

short article here, 5 quakes total last night Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #1

I subscribe to the usgs service nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #2

Ken Burch lives in Juneau. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #8

What does it mean when an earthquake has "virtually no depth"? Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #3

subduction zone quake Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #4

Thanks for the info--I'm in WA State so am always interested about the subduction zone Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #5

I'm in Oregon, and I wouldn't live anywhere else either! nt Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #6

We didn't feel it up here at all, Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #7

Good... nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #9

We had a small thead on the tsunami warning early this morning malaise Jan 2013 #10

I missed it, living in west coast time nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #11

I didn't know about it until checking my Facebook feed this morning. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #12

Yeah it is nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #13

Was on CNN as breaking at 6.00am ET malaise Jan 2013 #14