What the records say
- When
- 4 Feb 1965
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 51.25° N, 178.72° E
- Damage musd
- 0.01
- Max water height m
- 10.7
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.7
- Runups
- 84
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1965 Rat Islands earthquake
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page