Earthquake details

Friday, October 4, 1957 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Alaska on Friday, October 4, 1957 at 23:55 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Alaska - AL), about 1287.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 177.800 and latitude 52.560.

Magnitude 5.5
Alert Strong
Depth 0.0 km
Coordinates 52.560, 177.800
UTC time 1957-10-04 23:55:43.000
Location Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands
Country Alaska (AL)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1957-10-04

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