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Magnitude 6.8 Indonesia earthquake triggers tsunami alert

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Strong magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck 63 miles offshore of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, 149 miles from Kendari City, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia today. A tsunami alert has been issued along the island’s eastern coast.

Preliminary Report:

Magnitude 6.8

Date-Time • 12 Apr 2019 11:40:50 UTC

• 12 Apr 2019 19:40:50 near epicenter

Location 1.852S 122.553E

Depth 17 km

Distances • 100.4 km (62.3 mi) NE of Bungku, Indonesia
• 102.9 km (63.8 mi) SSW of Luwuk, Indonesia
• 206.6 km (128.1 mi) ESE of Poso, Indonesia
• 235.1 km (145.8 mi) N of Kendari, Indonesia
• 270.2 km (167.5 mi) SSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 6.4 km; Vertical 4.1 km

Parameters Nph = 141; Dmin = 381.9 km; Rmss = 1.46 seconds; Gp = 29°

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6.5 earthquake shakes Rat Islands in the Aleutians, Alaska

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A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Rats Islands located in the Aleutians Islands in Alaska today, April 2, 2019, at 21:35:32 UTC at a depth of 19 kilometers.

The quake shook the small island of Amchitka in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.

No tsunami threat is expected for the West Coast.

Distances:

  • 93.0 km (57.7 mi) NW of Amchitka, Alaska
  • 1204.7 km (746.9 mi) ESE of Klyuchi, Russia
  • 1310.7 km (812.7 mi) ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
  • 1327.8 km (823.2 mi) ESE of Yelizovo, Russia
  • 1328.1 km (823.4 mi) E of Vilyuchinsk, Russia

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Strong 6.3 earthquake strikes Vanuatu, no tsunami warning so far

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A 6.3 magnitude quake struck 64 km east of Luganville on Espiritu Santo, the largest island in Vanuatu, on Wednesday, at a depth of 123 km, the US Geological Survey reported.

No information about casualties or damage is available at the moment.

No tsunami warning has been issued so far.

Preliminary Earthquake Report:

Magnitude 6.3

Date-Time • 20 Mar 2019 15:24:00 UTC

• 21 Mar 2019 02:24:00 near epicenter

Location 15.621S 167.608E

Depth 125 km

Distances • 49.1 km (30.4 mi) ESE of Luganville, Vanuatu
• 245.9 km (152.4 mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
• 587.2 km (364.1 mi) N of W�, New Caledonia
• 732.5 km (454.1 mi) N of Pa�ta, New Caledonia
• 733.6 km (454.8 mi) N of Dumb�a, New Caledonia

Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 7.4 km; Vertical 4.8 km

Parameters Nph = 91; Dmin = 723.8 km; Rmss = 0.82 seconds; Gp = 53°

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