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7.0 ALaska-looking for a link

#1 Postby angelwing » Thu May 01, 2008 9:04 pm

Breaking Earthquake Alert ~ Minutes ago a 7.0 Mag.
EARTHQUAKE happened Andreanof Islands, Aleutian
Islands, Alaska.

Epicenter 43 Miles WSW from Adak, Alaska

No other information presently......
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Re: 7.0 ALaska-looking for a link-found it, it's a 6.5

#2 Postby angelwing » Thu May 01, 2008 9:06 pm

Magnitude 6.5
Date-Time Friday, May 02, 2008 at 01:33:41 UTC
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 04:33:41 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 52.105°N, 177.649°W
Depth 47.7 km (29.6 miles)
Region ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
Distances 73 km (45 miles) WNW (290°) from Adak, AK
235 km (146 miles) W (269°) from Atka, AK
1959 km (1218 miles) WSW (252°) from Anchorage, AK

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.1 km (6.9 miles); depth +/- 14.2 km (8.8 miles)
Parameters NST=133, Nph=133, Dmin=566 km, Rmss=0.87 sec, Gp= 61°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2008rnab
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#3 Postby HURAKAN » Thu May 01, 2008 9:06 pm

6.5 2008/05/02 01:33:41 52.105 -177.649 47.7 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 08rnab.php
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Re: 7.0 ALaska-looking for a link

#4 Postby masaji79 » Thu May 01, 2008 9:48 pm

Earthquake has been upgraded to a 6.6 now.


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqi ... s2008rnab/
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Re: 7.0 ALaska-looking for a link

#5 Postby angelwing » Thu May 01, 2008 10:02 pm

EMSC earthquake notification

Magnitude 7.0 02/05/2008 01:33 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA

These parameters are preliminary and subject to revisions.
For updates, please consult: http://www.emsc-csem.org


A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has occurred ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA at:
52.00N 177.34W Depth 40km 02/05/2008 at 01:33:40 (Universal Time)

Earthquake location with respect to nearby cities:
1621 km E Petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy (pop 187282, local time 14:33)
1448 km S Anadyr (pop 10332, local time 14:33)
48 km W Adak (pop 288, local time 16:33)

Comments :

Manual location disseminated on 02/05/2008 02:10 (UTC)
EMSC cannot guarantee the receipt or timeliness of an e-mail after sending.

For maps and additional data, please consult:
http://www.emsc-csem.org

Links to regional seismological observatories:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/ ... s_all.html

This location has been computed thanks to the data provided by the
following seismological institutes:
BEO BRA BUC GFU GFZ HSNC IMP INGV LDG LED LJU LVV MAD MCSM NEIR ODC RNS WAR ZAMG
See the full list of data providers at:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page ... ub=contrib


This EMSC service is jointly operated by the LDG (Laboratoire de
Détection et de Géophysique, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France) and the
IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional, Madrid, Spain).
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