Earthquake details

Thursday, October 13, 1966 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Alaska on Thursday, October 13, 1966 at 18:44 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Alaska - AL), about 1256.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 176.852 and latitude 51.283.

Magnitude 5.8
Alert Strong
Depth 20.0 km
Coordinates 51.283, 176.852
UTC time 1966-10-13 18:44:26.960
Location Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands
Country Alaska (AL)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1966-10-13

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