What the records say
- When
- 23 Jan 2018
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 56.00° N, 149.17° W
- Max water height m
- 0.25
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.9
- Runups
- 64
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake
Earthquake in Gulf of Alaska
On January 23, 2018, at 00:31 AKST, an earthquake occurred in the Gulf of Alaska near Kodiak Island. The earthquake, measured at 7.9 on the Mw scale, was approximately 280 kilometers (170 mi) southeast of Kodiak and happened at a depth of 25 kilometers (16 mi).
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page