Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Earthquake

Seems there were a few earthquakes around Alaska today. I did not feel the one this morning at 7:26 am (4.3) but some did downtown and called it into the radio station.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-09-14/small-earthquake-strikes-near-yakutat

From NOAA about the one nearest Juneau:

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
728 AM AKST WED JAN 4 2012

...THIS IS AN INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EVALUATION
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH A MAGNITUDE SUCH THAT A TSUNAMI
WILL NOT BE GENERATED. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY WCATWC MESSAGE
ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 4.3
TIME      - 0726 AKST JAN 04 2012
             0826  PST JAN 04 2012
             1626  UTC JAN 04 2012
LOCATION  - 59.0 NORTH 137.9 WEST
              75 MILES/121 KM SE OF YAKUTAT ALASKA
             135 MILES/217 KM NW OF JUNEAU ALASKA
DEPTH     - 4 MILES/7 KM

THE LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.

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