M 7.0 earthquake – Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
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Local time: Dec 31, 1901 · 19:20 (UTC-10)
Major
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- Magnitude
- 7.0surface-wave magnitude (ms)
- Depth
- —
- Epicenter
- 52.380, -167.4501,445 km from Anchorage
- Energy released
- 477 kilotons of TNTabout 32 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 73 km
- Significance
- 754USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Dec 31, 1901.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 477 kilotons of TNT, 1,000 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 7.8 81 km E of Nikolski, Alaska Jul 2, 1965
- 7.8 234 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Mar 7, 1929
- 7.4 133 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska Apr 18, 1916
- 7.1 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska Dec 31, 1901
- 7.1 39 km S of Akutan, Alaska Mar 22, 1957
- 7.1 35 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska Mar 11, 1957
- 7.0 203 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska Aug 22, 1940
- 6.9 80 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska Mar 9, 1957