Earthquake details

Sunday, July 3, 1955 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Alaska on Sunday, July 3, 1955 at 14:26 UTC with a magnitude of 6.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Alaska - AL), about 1285.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 177.373 and latitude 51.485.

Magnitude 6.1
Alert Severe
Depth 30.6 km
Coordinates 51.485, 177.373
UTC time 1955-07-03 14:26:37.040
Location Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands
Country Alaska (AL)
Severity Severe

Earthquake map 1955-07-03

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