Posted on 05/01/2008 7:22:03 PM PDT by eldoradude
Magnitude: 6.6
Friday, May 02, 2008 at 01:33:36 UTC Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 04:33:36 PM at epicenter
ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
65 km (40 miles) W (272°) from Adak, AK
233 km (145 miles) W (263°) from Atka, AK
1972 km (1225 miles) WSW (251°) from Anchorage, AK
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Volcanic activity maybe?
Ok...I don’t get it.
Why do people desperately want quakes to be volcanic?
This is a routine subduction zone quake in the Aleutians. There are volcanoes near it, but this one wasn’t caused by a volcano, simply plate subduction.
North of the Aleutians is the North American plate, which extends west into Siberia. The area immediately south of the islands is a subduction zone, I believe.
It occured fairly close by to this one:
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“Tanaga is a 5,924-foot (1,806 m) stratovolcano in the Aleutian Range of the U.S. state of Alaska. There have been three known eruptions since 1763. The most recent was in 1914 and produced lava flows.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaga_(volcano)
Volcanos are cool :D
lol.
True....until that "hot gooey" stuff clings to your shoes (a real hot foot :)
...our family walked in the Mona Loa Volcano (it was somewhat warm and got a "official" certificate from Pele) in HA in 1966.
People actually like big disasters and even wars because they crave excitement.
wonder if those quakes can set off big waves for hawaii.
the winter storms in aleutions are what makes surfing at wiamia bay on the north shore of oahu so great. the ocean there is fairly flat during the summer.
University of Alaska Fairbanks says 5.94 quake.
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