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6.5 earthquake shakes Rat Islands in the Aleutians, Alaska

April 2, 2019 by Forimmediaterelease

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

March 20, 2019 by Forimmediaterelease

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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