Earthquake details

Wednesday, January 1, 1969 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Alaska on Wednesday, January 1, 1969 at 09:07 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (Alaska - AL), about 1513.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -179.392 and latitude 51.096.

Magnitude 5.6
Alert Strong
Depth 45.0 km
Coordinates 51.096, -179.392
UTC time 1969-01-01 09:07:06.890
Location 210 km WSW of Adak
Country Alaska (AL)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1969-01-01

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