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OnlineM7.1 - SOUTHERN ALASKA
Magnitude 7.1 Date-Time - 24 Jan 2016 10:30:30 UTC
- 24 Jan 2016 01:30:30 near epicenter
- 24 Jan 2016 05:30:30 standard time in your timezone
Location 59.658 N <-Wheel for Pick 3 and Pick 4-> 153.452 W Depth 127 km Distances - 83 km (51 mi) E of Old Iliamna, Alaska
- 261 km (161 mi) SW of Anchorage, Alaska
- 295 km (182 mi) SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska
- 648 km (401 mi) SSW of College, Alaska
- 1024 km (634 mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 5.0 km; Vertical 4.9 km Parameters Nph = 323; Dmin = 77.1 km; Rmss = 1.83 seconds; Gp = 45°
Version =Event ID us 10004gqp MAGNITUDE 7.1 INISKIN EARTHQUAKEJanuary 24Ian Dickson, Field Technician
A damaging magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred at 1:30am Sunday, 60 miles west of Homer. So far there are no reports of injuries.
According to KTUU, gas leaks on Lilac Lane in Kenai resulted in one house fire and the evacuation of residents from 20 or so homes to the National Guard armory. The earthquake also damaged Kalifornsky Beach Road about a mile from the Sterling Highway and caused power outages affecting over 10,000 homes across Southcentral Alaska.
The depth (76 miles) and location of this earthquake indicate that it occurred inside the subducting Pacific Plate rather than at the place interface. The rupture was caused by extension of the plate as it is pulled into the mantle by its own weight.
This is a common type of event for this region and depth. However, at magnitude 7.1 it is the largest intermediate-depth earthquake recorded beneath Cook Inlet since the regional seismic network was established in late 1960s. Earthquakes of similar sizes occurred in the Lower Cook Inlet in 1912 and 1933, but we do not have precise magnitudes and locations for that time period.
We recorded about 30 aftershocks in the first 2.5 hours after the earthquake. The largest was a magnitude 4.3 at 12:37 UTC (3:37 am local). Aftershocks are continuing at a steady rate and can be expected to go on for several months, although the rate of aftershocks should decrease considerably after a couple of weeks.
The National Tsunami Warning Center reported no danger of a damaging tsunami after this earthquake.
Figures and analysis are here (check back for updates):
http://earthquake.alaska.edu/m71-iniskin-earthquake-evolving-content
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"If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe." Nikola Tesla
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Yes a sevener, MystiQue & Moon, is most terrifying, I wonder at that EQ strength if it affected Eastern Russia???
More of the Pacific Rim on Fire!
Fortes Fortuna Juvat
Eddessa_Knight with Light
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Yes a sevener, MystiQue & Moon, is most terrifying, I wonder at that EQ strength if it affected Eastern Russia???
More of the Pacific Rim on Fire!
Fortes Fortuna Juvat
Eddessa_Knight with Light
"If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe." Nikola Tesla
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