Earthquake — Alaska: Aleutian Islands: Rat Islands

Wann

4. Feb. 1965

Art

Erdbeben

Magnitude

8.7

Position

Usa

Koordinaten

51.25° N, 178.72° E

Damage musd

0.01

Intensity mmi

6

Depth km

30

Megathrust earthquake in the Aleutian Islands

The 1965 Rat Islands earthquake occurred at 05:01 UTC, on 4 February. It had a magnitude of 8.7, making it one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history, and triggered a tsunami of over 10 m on Shemya Island, but caused very little damage.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „En las islas Rata, Alaska, se registra un terremoto de 8,7 que provoca un tsunami con olas de hasta 10 metros“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite

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