Earthquake details

Sunday, February 6, 1916 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Alaska on Sunday, February 6, 1916 at 21:51 UTC with a magnitude of 7.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Alaska - AL), about 1418.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 179.032 and latitude 50.785.

Magnitude 7.1
Alert Extreme
Depth 15.0 km
Coordinates 50.785, 179.032
UTC time 1916-02-06 21:51:35.740
Location Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands
Country Alaska (AL)
Severity Extreme

Earthquake map 1916-02-06

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