Seismic instruments indicate the earthquake originated at a depth of 20 miles (32.2 kilometers). A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck 50 miles south of the Alaska Peninsula on Jat 10:15 pm local time (J06:15 UTC). Maps do not provide the height or the strength of the wave, only the arrival times. The USGS has up-to-date details on the Jevent. Maps were generated from earthquake epicenters in the NGDC Global Historical Tsunami Database using NGDC 2 Minute Gridded Global Relief Data bathymetry. Map contours: 1 hour intervals: red 1-4 hour arrival times, yellow: 5-6 hour arrival times, green: 7-14 hour arrival times, blue: 15-21 hour arrival times. Earthquakes Canada says the first quake was recorded at 8 p.m., and. Map generated using Tsunami Travel Time (TTT) software: calculates first-arrival travel times on a grid for a tsunami generated at an earthquake epicenter. Two small earthquakes hit the Alaskan panhandle on Friday night, near the border with British Columbia. (15 killed), and was recorded on tide gages in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Some people in Yukon say they felt two more earthquakes shake the ground near their homes Wednesday night, after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit near Haines, Alaska yesterday morning.

About 20 landslide tsunamis were generated the tectonic tsunami devastated many towns along the Gulf of Alaska, left serious damage in British Columbia, Hawaii, and along the west coast of the U.S. Vertical displacement occurred over 525,000 square km.

1.5 earthquake 54 km NNE of Yakutat - Alaska - A light magnitude 1.5 earthquake hit 54 km (34 mi) away from Yakutat, Alaska, United States, in the early morning of Sunday, at 12. Haines Junction was the closest community to the quake, which happened at 11:09 a.m. The duration of the shock was estimated at 3 minutes. It was felt over a large area of Alaska and in parts of western Yukon Territory and British Columbia, its effects were heaviest in south central Alaska. The strongest earthquake in or near Yukon Territory, Canada today had a magnitude of 1.5 and occurred 2 hours and 59 minutes ago: Mag. A small earthquake near the Canada-Alaska border this morning rattled homes as far away as Whitehorse. It was felt over a large area of Alaska and in parts of western Yukon Territory and British Columbia, its effects were heaviest in south central Alaska. While many in the surrounding region were likely fast asleep just after 1 a.m. This magnitude 9.2 Mw earthquake and ensuing tsunami caused 125 deaths and $311 million in property loss ($84 million and 106 deaths in Alaska). The magnitude 4.1 quake was centered roughly 27 miles southeast of the lower Yukon River village of Holy Cross.

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