Alaska quake full#
At some places along the fault, the quake caused the ground on one side of the fault to slide horizontally a full 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) past the other side.
A six mile stretch of the main highway running between Anchorage and Fairbanks had to be closed after a three-foot-wide fissure opened up in the road.
Alaska quake cracked#
The powerful quake knocked sections of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline off its supports, cracked nearby roads, triggered smaller earthquakes in California and Montana, and even rocked houseboats in Louisiana lakes. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A ship that sank off Kodiak Island four decades ago has started to leak diesel fuel, and a state official suspects ground shaking from last month’s massive magnitude 8.2 earthquake might be the reason. The fault appears as a dark arch running across the image.
The shaded-relief image above shows the location of the earthquake, which occurred on the Denali fault alongside the Alaska Range. Alaska, United States has had: (M1.5 or greater) 11 earthquakes in the past 24 hours. Alaska, United States has had: (M1. With a magnitude of 7.9, the quake was the ninth largest to be recorded in the United States. 'Weve canceled the (tsunami) advisories because it doesnt look like its becoming a large wave or any larger,' National. An intense earthquake struck central Alaska about 90 miles south of Fairbanks at 1:12 p.m. The magnitude of this quake measured 8.4 - 8.6 on the Richter Scale and was reported as a 9.2 Moment Magnitude (Mw). A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska late Tuesday.
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