Earthquake — Alaska: Aleutian Islands: Rat Islands

When

4 Feb 1965

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.7

Where

Usa

Coordinates

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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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 8.7 Rat Islands earthquake hits southwest Alaska with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), causing a tsunami that was destructive at Amchitka”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “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 4.0Source page

• Tsunami — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Ak4 Feb 1965 · Tsunami