Massive (scary) Alaskan earthquake in an unpopulated area
Posted by JAC on 6/24/2011, 7:10 am
http://earthquake-report.com/2011/06/24/massive-scary-alaskan-earthquake-in-an-unpopulated-area/

Earthquake summary : A terrifying strong earthquake occurred at 6:09 PM near the remote Alaskan Aleutian Islands.  The epicenter of the earthquake was on top of the subduction slope. The energy of this massive earthquake was weakened due to the depth of the epicenter. There was never a widespread Tsunami danger for this earthquake.

UPDATE 08:45 UTC : We thought it may be interesting for our readers to show how the Alaskan plate tectonics work. The star is the epicenter of the earthquake. Map screen shot courtesy Google Earth.

The Pacific plate is subducting the North American plate by 70 to 80 mm a year!!




USGS Population exposure map (no people are living within the VI radius circle)
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