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Posted on 12/02/2010 12:10:38 PM PST by FromLori
7.9 on the Richter scale; village destroyed.
An Earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale rocked the Aleutian Islands off of Alaska at 11:28 on Thursday morning according to the World Geologial Association. The earthquake was centered just off of the Rat Islands, a part of the Aleutian Archipeligo chain that extends into the Pacific Ocean off of the southern part of Alaska toward Asia.
The one village on the Island of Kiska, a mining settlement called Khvostov, was decimated; 219 of the approximately 750 residents were injured, although there were no fatalities reported.
The village of Khostov was built in World War II, as the entire Rat Island chain was a military base that provided access to Asia. The village was built with earthquakes in mind, and as such the structures are all built with safety measures to protect against the frequent quakes in the Aleutian chain.
Aftershocks were felt for nearly half an hour after the earthquake, which lasted nearly 90 seconds.
Coastal areas from mainland Alaska to California and across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii and Japan are currently on alert for wave activit from the Alaskan Earthquake.
Lol!
this is a bogus quake, nothing on the seismographs either.
Something sure shook things up about 45 minutes ago (looking at the Albuquerque chart and it reads ten minutes ago with a last update about 35 minutes ago).
What’s a great circle mile?
It is clearly on the Eastern (”this”) side of the International Date Line and its on the Eastern side of the 180 meridian. Even the western most Aleutians, west of the 180th meridian, are on the east of the IDL, since it jogs west to keep them with the rest of Alaska.
I havnt heard a word about this. There is nothing on the USGS/AEIC site and no alert at the Pacific Tusnami Warning Center.
No hospitals are on alert for the reported injuries.
Someone is really confused!
Looks like a false alarm. Nothing on USGS.
I meant miles measured along a great circle route. In this case precisely 1609 meters, since my software works in meters, I lazily divided the result by 1609.
There is no settlement on Kiska. It is administered by the National Park Service as I recall, and certainly no mine
Another timeslip caused by the LHC.
Sorry.
Looking at EARTHQUAKE 3D, the whole Aleutian Island thing is rocking and rolling.
Great link, thanks.
If you have a computer, and the internet, I heard they have a thing called GOOGLE MAPS.
: )
Well I hope that’s true and no one is hurt I didn’t realize this was a blog until a few moments ago I had the link sent to me and just assumed it was legitimate I can’t imagine someone doing something like this if it’s a hoax that’s just terrible.
Interesting. Still nothing on USGS.
Also- eighteen Freepers would’ve slapped it into ‘breaking news’ without looking to see if it was already there yet. :-)
Been checking real time seismographs in the alaska area - nothing, not a burp in near-by stations. A 7.9 should be rocking the house.
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This quake isn’t showing yet on Earthquake 3D either.
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